Marriage: Often Contracted by Parents for Children
Source: TTT
Genesis 24:49–51
Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.” / Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter. / Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
Genesis 34:6, 8
Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. / But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.