Topic
Betrothal
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 29:18–30Nave Of Jacob
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and…
- Deuteronomy 20:7Nave Exempts from military duty
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.
- Matthew 1:18Nave A quasi-marriage
¶ Now 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 1:27Nave A quasi-marriage
To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 4 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Of Jacob Ge 29:18-30
- → Exempts from military duty De 20:7
- → A quasi-marriage Mt 1:18; Lu 1:27
- → FIGURATIVE
- See MARRIAGE
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.