* Ask me.
On the practice of purchasing wives, De La 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.
# 24:53; 29:18; 31:41; Ex 22:16,17; De 22:28,29; 1Sa 18:25-27|
# 2Sa 3:14; Ho 3:2; Mt 14:17|
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