17
"If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the
adowry for virgins.
a
Genesis 34:12, 1 Samuel 18:25
Genesis 34
12
"Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage."
1 Samuel 18
25
Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any adowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, bto take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now cSaul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.