Genesis 29:18-30
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
Nave's Topical Index

Annunciation of the Birth of Jesus.
... warlike], 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man [In the East, the betrothal or engagement ...
no earthly father]: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob [That is ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/vi annunciation of the birth.htm

Whether one Can be Compelled by One's Father's Command to Marry?
... Objection 2: Further, Isaac charged Jacob (Gn.28:1) not to take a wife from ... Further,
if he were bound to obey, a betrothal contracted by the parents would hold ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether one can be compelled.htm

The Gospel of Matthew
... Abraham might begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, but Joseph the husband of Mary ...
through Joseph, His legal father (for be it remembered that betrothal was as ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/why four gospels/the gospel of matthew.htm

Whether There was a True Marriage Between Mary and Joseph?
... Objection 2: Further, on Mat.1:16: "Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary," Jerome
says ... and wife." But a true marriage is not effected by the betrothal, but by ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was a true.htm

Philip and the Desposyni
... be imagined at Bethel and Shiloh, and resting for an hour by Jacob's well to ... the
long-parted lovers met; but as they were betrothed, and betrothal was little ...
/.../chapter lxiv philip and the.htm

Index i. Of Subjects
... Betrothal. See Marriage. Bikkurim, i.9. ... Christ at Jacob's Well at Sychar: the teaching
of the woman, 395-420; the two days in Samaria, 420-422; ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/index i of subjects.htm

Traditionalism, Its Origin, Character, and Literature - the ...
... daily times of prayer, successively by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; of the ... The third
Order' (Nashim, women') treats of all that concerns betrothal, marriage and ...
/.../chapter viii traditionalism its origin.htm

Ancestors of the Blessed virgin
... Jacob was the father of Joseph. ... If everything was settled between the parents,
the betrothal followed in the synagogue of the place. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/i ancestors of the blessed.htm

Against Jovinianus.
... 4277] "Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have
I given you all." He then flies off to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, of whom ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/against jovinianus.htm

Selections from the Work against Heresies by Irenaeus, Bishop of ...
... brought good tidings to the Virgin Mary, who already [by her betrothal] belonged
to a ... sense of the blessing of Isaac, with which he blessed Jacob, his younger ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/selections from the work against 2.htm

Should married Christians wear wedding rings? | GotQuestions.org

When were Joseph and Mary considered married? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Christian view of engagement? | GotQuestions.org

Betrothal: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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