Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”
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Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”
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Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
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Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Genesis 34:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 22:16-17 “If a man entices a virgin who isn’t pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
- Genesis 24:53 The servant brought out jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
- Genesis 29:18 Jacob loved Rachel. He said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.”
- Genesis 31:41 These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.
- Deuteronomy 22:28-29 If a man finds a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, grabs her and lies with her, and they are found, then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady’s father fifty shekels of silver. She shall be his wife, because he has humbled her. He may not put her away all his days.
- 1 Samuel 18:25-27 Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’ ” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline, David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
- 2 Samuel 3:14 David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I was given to marry for one hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”
- Matthew 14:17 They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”
- Hosea 3:2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, multiply greatly the dowry.
Hebrew, multiply greatly the dowry.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and…
Gen 34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Ver. 12. {See Trapp on "Gen 34:11"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Dowry to her for her portion, according to the…
Dowry to her for her portion, according to the ancient custom of men’s buying their wives; of which see Exo 22:17; and
gift to you, either for reparation of the past injury, or in testimony of my respect to you, and desire of her, as Gen 24:53.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Ask me never so much dowry and gift,.... Or…
Ask me never so much dowry and gift,.... Or "multiply them exceedingly" (i), fix them at as high a rate as may be thought fit; the "dowry" was what a man gave to a woman at her marriage; for in those times and countries, instead of a man having a portion with his wife, as with us in our times, he gave one to his wife, or to her parents for her; and especially in after times this was used, and became a law in Israel, in the case of a vitiated virgin, see Exo 22:16; and "the gift" was either of jewels and clothes to the women, or of such like precious things to her brethren and friends, see Gen 24:53,
and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; determine among yourselves whatever shall be the dowry and gift, and it shall be punctually observed:
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but give me the damsel to wife; only agree to that, and I care not what is required of me.
(i) "multiplicate super me admodum", Drusius, Schmidt.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Ask me never so much dowry] See…
Verse 12. Ask me never so much dowry] See Clarke on Ge 29:20, c. See the law relative to this, Ex 22:16-17.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 34:12-13. Ask me never so much dowry and…
Gen 34:12-13. Ask me never so much dowry and gift — Dowry to her for her portion, according to the ancient custom of men’s buying their wives, Exo 22:17; and gift to you, either for reparation of the past injury, or in testimony of my respect to you, and desire of her. The sons of Jacob answered deceitfully — Pretending and promising marriages with them upon that condition, which they never intended.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Dowry for Dina. --- Gifts for her parents and…
Dowry for Dina. --- Gifts for her parents and brothers, chap. xxiv. 53. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Ask me never so much dowry and gift--The gift…
Ask me never so much dowry and gift--The gift refers to the presents made at betrothal, both to the bride elect and her relations (compare Gen 24:53), the dowry to a suitable settlement upon her.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. dowry and gift] The “dowry,” or mohar, is…
12. dowry and gift] The “dowry,” or mohar, is the present made to the parents or relations, cf. Gen_24:53; Exo_22:16; 1Sa_18:25. The rendering “dowry” hardly, therefore, gives the correct idea to English readers. The “gift,” on the other hand, was the present made by the bridegroom to the bride, as in Gen_24:53, Gen_29:18. In Exo_22:16, as in the present passage, the “dowry” is a payment to the parents as “compensation” for wrong, as well as “purchase-money” for the wife; cf. Deu_22:28-29.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) Dowry and gift.—The word rendered dowry (mohar) is…
(12) Dowry and gift.—The word rendered dowry (mohar) is the price paid to the parents and relatives of the bride, though taking the form of a present. The gift (matthan) was the present made by the bridegroom to the bride herself. Besides this, her relatives were expected to give her presents, and with some tribes of Arabs it is usual even to make over to her the dowry.
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