12Ask 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. …
If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; …
And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things.
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-17)Jacob’s sons, when they heard of the injury done to Dinah, showed a very great resentment of it, influenced perhaps rather by jealousy for the honour of their family than by a sense of virtue. Many are concerned at the shamefulness of sin that never lay to heart the sinfulness of it. It is here called folly in Israel (Gen. 34:7), according to the language of after-times; for Israel was not yet a p…
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