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Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."
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Dowry and Gift Explained
Commentators explain that ancient marriage customs differed from many modern ones. The 'dowry' (Hebrew: mohar) was a price the groom paid to the bride's family, while the 'gift' (Hebrew: matthan) was a separate present, like jewels or clothes, given directly to the bride herself.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.
(Genesis 34:1–5)
Dinah went out to see the daught…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Ask me never so much dowry and gift Or "multiply [them] exceedingly" F9 , fix them at as high a rate as m…
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