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Selected Verse: Genesis 34:12 - Strong Concordance

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Ge 34:12 Strong Concordance Ask [07235] me never so much [03966] dowry [04119] and gift [04976], and I will give [05414] according as ye shall say [0559] unto me: but give [05414] me the damsel [05291] to wife [0802].
  King James Ask 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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Ask me never so much dowry and gift--The gift refers to the presents made at betrothal, both to the bride elect and her relations (compare Gen 24:53), the dowry to a suitable settlement upon her.
 
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53 And the servant [05650] brought forth [03318] jewels [03627] of silver [03701], and jewels [03627] of gold [02091], and raiment [0899], and gave [05414] them to Rebekah [07259]: he gave [05414] also to her brother [0251] and to her mother [0517] precious things [04030].
17 If her father [01] utterly [03985] refuse [03985] to give [05414] her unto him, he shall pay [08254] money [03701] according to the dowry [04119] of virgins [01330].
16 And if a man [0376] entice [06601] a maid [01330] that is not betrothed [0781], and lie [07901] with her, he shall surely [04117] endow [04117] her to be his wife [0802].
20 And Jacob [03290] served [05647] seven [07651] years [08141] for Rachel [07354]; and they seemed [05869] unto him but a few [0259] days [03117], for the love he had [0160] to her.