Then the servant brought out articles of silver and gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brothers and to her mother.
Genesis 34:12 - Tree of Life Version Set the dowry and the presents as high as you like and I’ll give whatever you say to me. But give me the young woman 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. |
Then the servant brought out articles of silver and gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brothers and to her mother.
Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, “Let me serve you for seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.”
This is how it’s been for me twenty years in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flocks—and you changed my salary ten times!
Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Would that I find favor in your eyes! Whatever you say to me I’ll give.
But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully as they spoke, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
Then David sent messengers to Saul’s son Ish-bosheth demanding, “Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for 100 Philistine foreskins.”
“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife.
So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and an omer and a half of barley.
“We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish,” they said to Him.
So Saul’s courtiers whispered these words in David’s ears. But David said, “Is it a light thing to you becoming the king’s son-in-law, considering that I am a poor man and of little account?”