Abraham agreed with Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
Exodus 22:17 - Revised Standard Version If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the marriage present for virgins. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the dowry of virgins. American Standard Version (1901) If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. Common English Bible But if her father absolutely refuses to let them marry, he must still pay the same amount as the bride-price for young women. Catholic Public Domain Version If the father of the virgin is not willing to give her, he shall pay money according to manner of a dowry, which virgins are accustomed to receive. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If the maid's father will not give her to him, he shall give money according to the dowry, which virgins are wont to receive. |
Abraham agreed with Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
Then Leah said, “God has endowed me with a good dowry; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons”; so she called his name Zebulun.
Ask of me ever so much as marriage present and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; only give me the maiden to be my wife.”
“If a person turns to mediums and wizards, playing the harlot after them, I will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.
There shall not be found among you any one who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, any one who practices divination, a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer,
then the man who lay with her shall give to the father of the young woman fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her; he may not put her away all his days.
Then Saul said, “Thus shall you say to David, ‘The king desires no marriage present except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, that he may be avenged of the king's enemies.’ ” Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the wizards out of the land.