Also Ruth the Moabite, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife, to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his native place. You are witnesses this day.”
And the first son whom she bears shall succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
“And on that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, so that they shall be remembered no more. And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram; there Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he guarded sheep.
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like its grains; their name would never be cut off or destroyed from before me.”
And I will get reliable witnesses, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.” And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. Then the Lord said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain.
House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.
Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth!
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”
Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years.”
Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.” Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me.”
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