Exodus 22:16

New American Bible - revised edition

If her father refuses to give her to him, he must still pay him the bride price for virgins.

Cross References

Exodus 22:15

When a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall make her his wife by paying the bride price.

Proverbs 30:19

The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a serpent upon a rock, The way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a woman.

Matthew 1:18

Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the holy Spirit.