Marriage: Modes of Demanding Women In
Source: TTT
Genesis 24:3, 4
and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, / but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
Genesis 34:6, 8
Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. / But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
1 Samuel 25:39, 40
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage. / When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”