Genesis 34:12 (KJV)

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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
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dowry. Ge 24:53 Ge 29:18 Ge 31:41 Ex 22:16 Ex 22:17 De 22:28 De 22:29 1Sa 18:25-27 2Sa 3:14 Ho 3:2 Mt 14:17

Ask me.On the practice of purchasing wives, De La Roque says, "Properly speaking, a young man who would marry must purchase his wife; and fathers among the Arabs are never so happy as when they have many daughters. They form part of the riches of the house. Accordingly, when a young man would treat with a person whose daughter he is inclined to marry, he says to him, 'Will you give me your daughter for fifty sheep, for six camels, or for a dozen cows?' according to the rank of her family, and the circumstances of him who desires to marry her."

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