My Saturday Sermon on July 24, 2021 started a series about Biblical Marriage. This is the running list of the way that the Bible “defines” the institution of marriage.
- Father’s servant finds a wife for his son using camels. (Gen 24)
- Man marries cousin. (Gen 28 & 29)
- Man marries a pair of sisters and his own cousin. (Gen 26 & 28)
- Man works a father for seven years to marry his daughter, per daughter. (Gen 29)
- If a wife cannot bear children, the maid may be substituted. (Gen 30)
- If a man dies, his brother will take his wife, but any kids they have will belong to the deceased husband. (Gen 38)
- If a man does a good deed he may be rewarded with a wife by her father. (Exo 2)
- A man may sell his daughter as a slave and she will serve her master for life. (Exo 21)
- If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, then the man will pay the father and take her as a wife. (Exo 22)
- If the father refuses to give her to him, then the man has to pay the virgin price for her.
- The woman is the only partner in a marriage who can be unfaithful and the husband only needs a “gut feeling” to have her tested. (Num. 5)
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