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Genesis 29:18-31
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And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
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And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
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And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
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And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
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And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
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And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
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And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
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And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
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And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
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Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
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And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
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And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
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And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
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And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
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Exodus 21:8-9
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If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her.
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And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
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Deuteronomy 20:7
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And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
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Deuteronomy 28:30
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Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
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Luke 1:27
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To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
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Luke 2:5
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To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
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2 Corinthians 11:2
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For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
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