Consanguinous, Abraham and Sarah
Genesis 11:29; 12:13; 20:3,9-16
Isaac and Rebekah
Genesis 24:3,4,67; 28:2
Jacob and his wives
Genesis 29:15-30
See below, in the elaborated ext
Levirate (the brother required to marry a brother’s widow)
Genesis 38:8,11; Deuteronomy 25:5-10; Ruth 4:5; Matthew 22:24; Mark 12:19-23; Luke 20:28
Parents contract for their children
Hagar selects a wife for Ishmael
Genesis 21:21
Abraham for Isaac
Genesis 24
Laban arranges for his daughters’ marriage
Genesis 29
Samson asks his parents to procure him a wife
Judges 14:2
Parents’ consent requires in the Mosaic law
Exodus 22:17
Presents given to parents to secure their favour
Genesis 24:53; 34:12; Deuteronomy 22:29; 1 Samuel 18:25; Hosea 3:2
Nuptial feasts
Genesis 29:22; Judges 14:12; Esther 2:18; Matthew 22:11,12
Jesus present at
John 2:1-5
Ceremony attested by witnesses
Ruth 4:1-11; Isaiah 8:1-3
The groom exempts one year from military duty
Deuteronomy 24:5
Bridal ornaments
Isaiah 49:18; Jeremiah 2:32
Bridal presents
Genesis 24:53; Psalms 45:12
A herald preceded the bridegroom
Matthew 25:6
Wedding robes adorned with jewels
Isaiah 61:10
Wives obtained
By purchase
Genesis 29:20; Ruth 4:10; Hosea 3:2; 12:12
By kidnapping
Judges 21:21-23
Given by Kings
1 Samuel 17:25; 18:17,21
Daughters given in, as rewards of valour
Judges 1:12; 1 Samuel 17:25; 18:27
Wives taken by edict
Esther 2:2-4,8-14
David gave one hundred Philistine foreskins for a wife
2 Samuel 3:14
Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites
Exodus 34:16; Deuteronomy 7:3,4; 1 Chronicles 23:22; Ezra 9:1,2,12; Nehemiah 10:30; 13:26,27; Malachi 2:11; 1 Corinthians 7:39; 2 Corinthians 6:14
Betrothal a quasi-marriage
Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:27
Betrothal is made with the spirit
Ezekiel 16:8
Celibacy deplored
Judges 11:38; Isaiah 4:1; Jeremiah 16:9
Advised
1 Corinthians 7:7,8,24-40
Obligations under, inferior to duty to God
Deuteronomy 13:6-10; Matthew 19:29; Luke 14:26
Not binding after death
Matthew 22:29,30; Mark 12:24,25
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Genesis 2:23,24; Exodus 22:16,17; Leviticus 18:6-18; 20:14,17,19-21; 21:1,7,13-15; Numbers 36:8; Deuteronomy 21:10-14; 24:1-5; Proverbs 18:22; 21:9,19; Jeremiah 29:6; Hosea 2:19,20; Malachi 2:13-16; Matthew 5:31,32; Mark 6:17,18; 10:2-12; Matthew 19:2-9; Luke 16:18; Romans 7:1-3; 1 Corinthians 6:16; 7:1-40; 9:5; 11:11,12; 1 Timothy 3:2,12; 4:1,3; 5:14; Hebrews 13:4
FIGURATIVE
Isaiah 54:5; 62:4,5; Jeremiah 3:14; 31:32; Hosea 1:2; 2:19,20; Ephesians 5:30-32; Revelation 19:7-9
Parables from
Matthew 22:2; 25:1-10
