Verse 12
Ask me: On the practice of purchasing wives, Deut. Lam. 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."
dowry: Genesis 24:53, Genesis 29:18, Genesis 31:41, Exodus 22:16, Exodus 22:17, Deuteronomy 22:28, Deuteronomy 22:29, 1 Samuel 18:25-Daniel :, 2 Samuel 3:14, Hosea 3:2, Matthew 14:17
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