And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
Genesis 34:12 - King James 2000 Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say unto me: but give me the damsel for my 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. |
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flocks: and you have changed my wages ten times.
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you shall say unto me I will give.
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
But if the owner of it be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.
So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley:
And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?