betrothal
Genesis Chapter 29:18
And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis Chapter 29:19
And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me.
Genesis Chapter 29:20
And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Genesis Chapter 29:21
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her.
Genesis Chapter 29:22
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Genesis Chapter 29:23
And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her.
Genesis Chapter 29:24
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
Genesis Chapter 29:25
And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
Genesis Chapter 29:26
And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.
Genesis Chapter 29:27
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
Genesis Chapter 29:28
And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
Genesis Chapter 29:29
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
Genesis Chapter 29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
Hosea Chapter 2:19
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea Chapter 2:20
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
Matthew Chapter 1:18
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew Chapter 19:9
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
2 Corinthians Chapter 11:2
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Ephesians Chapter 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.