Gen 29:18, 34:12, Exo 22:16-17 | TSK | STEP | loved. I will serve.In ancient times, it was a custom among many nations to give dowries for their wives; but Jacob, being poor, offered for Rachel seven year's service.

Genesis 29:18

loved.

I will serve.In ancient times, it was a custom among many nations to give dowries for their wives; but Jacob, being poor, offered for Rachel seven year's service.

31:41; 34:12; Ex 22:16,17; 2Sa 3:14; Ho 3:2; 12:12

Genesis 34:12

Ask me.On the practice of purchasing wives, De La Roque says, "Properly speaking, a young man who would marry must purchase his wife; and fathers among the Arabs are never so happy as when they have many daughters. They form part of the riches of the house. Accordingly, when a young man would treat with a person whose daughter he is inclined to marry, he says to him, 'Will you give me your daughter for fifty sheep, for six camels, or for a dozen cows?' according to the rank of her family, and the circumstances of him who desires to marry her."

dowry.

24:53; 29:18; 31:41; Ex 22:16,17; De 22:28,29; 1Sa 18:25-27

2Sa 3:14; Ho 3:2; Mt 14:17

Exodus 22:16-17

a man entice.

Ge 34:2-4; De 22:28,29

utterly.

De 7:3,4

pay. Heb. weigh.

Ge 23:16

dowry of virgins.

Ge 34:12; De 22:29; 1Sa 18:25