Takewivesand becomethe fathersof sonsand daughters,and takewivesfor your sonsand giveyour daughtersto husbands,that they may bearsonsand daughters;and multiplythereand do not decrease.
He livedin the wildernessof Paran,and his mothertooka wifefor him from the landof Egypt.
"Hereis Rebekahbeforeyou, take[her] and go,and let her be the wifeof your master'sson,as the LORDhas spoken."
They blessedRebekahand saidto her, "May you, our sister,Becomethousandsof tenthousands,And may your descendantspossessThe gateof those who hatethem."
Labansaid,"It is betterthat I giveher to you thanto giveher to anotherman;staywith me."
So Shechemspoketo his fatherHamor,saying,"Getme thisyounggirlfor a wife."
"As for you, be fruitfuland multiply;Populatethe earthabundantlyand multiplyin it."
You go[and] getstrawfor yourselves whereveryou can find[it], but noneof your laborwill be reduced.'"
Therefore,I wantyounger[widows] to get married,bear children,keep house,[and] givethe enemynooccasionfor reproach;
He hadthirtysons,and thirtydaughters[whom] he gavein marriage outside[the family], and he broughtin thirtydaughtersfrom outsidefor his sons.And he judgedIsraelsevenyears.
So he camebackand toldhis fatherand mother,"I sawa womanin Timnah,[one] of the daughtersof the Philistines;nowtherefore, gether for me as a wife."
