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Marriage

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Marriage in the Bible Dictionary

1. Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah Gen 11:29; 12:13; 20:3, 9–16 Read
2. Isaac and Rebekah Gen 24:3, 4, 67; 28:2 Read
3. Jacob and his wives Gen 29:15–30 Read
4. See below, in the elaborated text
5. Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother’s widow) Gen 38:8, 11; Deut 25:5–10; Ruth 4:5; Matt 22:24; Mark 12:19–23; Luke 20:28 Read
6. Parents contract for their children
7. Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael Gen 21:21 Read
8. Abraham for Isaac Gen 24 Read
9. Laban arranges for his daughters’ marriage Gen 29 Read
10. Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife Judg 14:2 Read
11. Parents’ consent requires in the Mosaic law Ex 22:17 Read
12. Presents given to parents to secure their favor Gen 24:53; 34:12; Deut 22:29; 1 Sam 18:25; Hos 3:2 Read
13. Nuptial feasts Gen 29:22; Judg 14:12; Esth 2:18; Matt 22:11, 12 Read
14. Jesus present at John 2:1–5 Read
15. Ceremony attested by witnesses Ruth 4:1–11; Isa 8:1–3 Read
16. The groom exempt one year from military duty Deut 24:5 Read
17. Bridal ornaments Isa 49:18; Jer 2:32 Read
18. Bridal presents Gen 24:53; Ps 45:12 Read
19. A herald preceded the bridegroom Matt 25:6 Read
20. Wedding robes adorned with jewels Isa 61:10 Read
21. Wives obtained
22. By purchase Gen 29:20; Ruth 4:10; Hos 3:2; 12:12 Read
23. By kidnapping Judg 21:21–23 Read
24. Given by Kings 1 Sam 17:25; 18:17, 21 Read
25. Daughters given in, as rewards of valor Judg 1:12; 1 Sam 17:25; 18:27 Read
26. Wives taken by edict Esth 2:2–4, 8–14 Read
27. David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife 2 Sam 3:14 Read
28. Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites Ex 34:16; Deut 7:3, 4; 1 Chr 23:22; Ezra 9:1, 2, 12; Neh 10:30; 13:26, 27; Mal 2:11; 1 Cor 7:39; 2 Cor 6:14 Read
29. Betrothal a quasi-marriage Matt 1:18; Luke 1:27 Read
30. Betrothal made with the spirit Ezek 16:8 Read
31. Celibacy deplored Judg 11:38; Isa 4:1; Jer 16:9 Read
32. Advised 1 Cor 7:7, 8, 24–40 Read
33. Obligations under, inferior to duty to God Deut 13:6–10; Matt 19:29; Luke 14:26 Read
34. Not binding after death Matt 22:29, 30; Mark 12:24, 25 Read
35. See Bride
36. See Bridegroom
37. Unclassified scriptures relating to Gen 2:23, 24; Ex 22:16, 17; Lev 18:6–18; 20:14, 17, 19–21; 21:1, 7, 13–15; Num 36:8; Deut 21:10–14; 24:1–5; Prov 18:22; 21:9, 19; Jer 29:6; Hos 2:19, 20; Mal 2:13–16; Matt 5:31, 32; Mark 6:17, 18; 10:2–12; Matt 19:2–9; Luke 16:18; Rom 7:1–3; 1 Cor 6:16; 7; 9:5; 11:11, 12; 1 Tim 3:2, 12; 4:1, 3; 5:14; Heb 13:4 Read
38. Figurative Isa 54:5; 62:4, 5; Jer 3:14; 31:32; Hos 1:2; 2:19, 20; Eph 5:30–32; Rev 19:7–9 Read
39. Parables from Matt 22:2; 25:1–10 Read
40. See Divorce
41. See Husband
42. See Wife

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.