Betrothal

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Bible verses about “Betrothal”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Genesis 29:18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
• Genesis 29:19And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
• Genesis 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
• Genesis 29:21And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
• Genesis 29:22And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
• Genesis 29:23And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
• Genesis 29:24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
• Genesis 29:25And 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?
• Genesis 29:26And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
• Genesis 29:27Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
• Genesis 29:28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
• Genesis 29:29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
• Genesis 29:30And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
• Deuteronomy 20:7And 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.
• Matthew 1:18Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
• Luke 1:27To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.