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Women: Could not Marry Without the Consent of Parents

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Genesis 24:3, 4 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, / but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”
Genesis 34:6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
Exodus 22:17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.