Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5650 Human relationships » 5674 daughters The female offspring of parents. Daughters lived in their father's house, under his protection, until marriage. Usually they became his heirs only if he had no sons to inherit his estate. Normally they shared in the inheritance of their husbands. Protection of daughters Fathers were responsible for protecting their daughters Genesis 31:50 See also Genesis 19:12-13,15-17; Numbers 30:3-5 Examples of fathers who failed to protect their daughters Genesis 19:8 See also Judges 19:24; 2 Samuel 13:6-14 Marriage of daughters Fathers were responsible for arranging marriages for their daughters Genesis 34:8-9 See also Genesis 29:26; Joshua 15:16-17 pp Judges 1:12-13; Judges 12:9; Judges 21:1; 1 Samuel 18:17-21; Samuel 25:44 Fathers received a bride-price from their daughters' husbands 1 Samuel 18:25 See also Genesis 29:16-27 Fathers gave a dowry to their daughters 1 Kings 9:16 See also Joshua 15:17-19 pp Judges 1:13-15 Sometimes the marriage of a daughter was the basis of a political alliance 1 Kings 3:1 See also Daniel 11:6,17 In cases of dispute, parents were expected to prove their daughter's virginity Inheritance of daughters If a man had no sons, the inheritance went to his daughters Numbers 27:1-11 See also Joshua 17:3-6 Daughters who inherited their father's property were obliged to marry within his clan Job allocated his daughters an inheritance Priests' daughters Leviticus 10:14 See also Leviticus 21:1-2,9; Leviticus 22:12-13; Numbers 18:11,19; Ezekiel 44:25 Slavery of daughters In dire circumstances fathers sometimes sold their daughters into slavery Nehemiah 5:5 See also Exodus 21:7 A slave girl married to a son was to be accorded the rights of a daughter Immorality of daughters Prostitution of daughters forbidden Leviticus 19:29 See also Leviticus 21:9 Incest of Lot's daughters Daughters-in-law Sexual relations with daughters-in-law forbidden Leviticus 18:15 See also Leviticus 20:12; Ezekiel 22:11 Examples of daughters-in-law Ruth 4:14-15 See also Genesis 38:6-26; Ruth 1:3-17 Daughters in a spiritual role Acts 21:9 See also Joel 2:28; Acts 2:17 An adopted daughter Daughter in a non-literal sense Of an area, town or country or its population Matthew 21:5 pp John 12:15 See also 2 Kings 19:21; Psalm 137:8; Isaiah 10:30; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 52:2; Jeremiah 6:23; Jeremiah 48:18; Jeremiah 51:33; Lamentations 1:15; Lamentations 2:10; Micah 4:8; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 2:7; Zechariah 9:9 Of the female inhabitants of an area, town or country Luke 23:27-29 See also Genesis 24:3,13; 2 Samuel 1:24; Songs 3:5; Songs 5:8; Isaiah 32:9-11; Ezekiel 13:17; Ezekiel 32:18 Of the female descendants Luke 13:16 See also 1 Peter 3:5-6 As an honorific term Matthew 9:22 pp Mark 5:34 pp Luke 8:48 Daughters in a theological sense God's people are his sons and daughters 2 Corinthians 6:18 See also Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 31:21-22 Family relationships must be subservient to one's relationship with God Matthew 10:37 See also Matthew 10:35 pp Luke 12:53 See also
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