And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept {sheep}.

And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

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.

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him {but} a few days, for the love he had to her.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

So I bought her to me for fifteen {pieces} of silver, and {for} an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: {half...: Heb. lethech}

And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver {me} my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Leah {was} tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's {death}.

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name {was} Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept {sheep}.

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two {sons}:

The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;

If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, {both} the beloved and the hated; and {if} the firstborn son be hers that was hated:

Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye {are} witnesses this day.

And Jacob said unto Laban, Give {me} my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

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.