The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rivka. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
Genesis 34:12 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) 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.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Ask me ever so much dowry and [marriage] gift, and I will give according to what you tell me; only give me the girl to be my wife. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Make the bride price and marriage gifts as large as you like, and I will pay whatever you tell me. Then let me marry the young woman.” Catholic Public Domain Version Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Raise the dowery, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife. |
The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rivka. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.
Ya`akov loved Rachel. He said, *I will serve you seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.*
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.
Shekhem said to her father and to her brothers, *Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
The sons of Ya`akov answered Shekhem and Chamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
David sent messengers to Ish-Boshet, Sha'ul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Mikhal, whom I pledged to be married to me for one hundred foreskins of the Pelishtim.
If the owner of it is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.
So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
Sha'ul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?