Bible verses about "betrothal" | EJ2000

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter. 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. ²⁰ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. ²¹ And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled that I may go in unto her. ²² So Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a banquet. 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. ²⁴ And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah, his maid, for a handmaid. 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? Why then hast thou beguiled me? ²⁶ And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country to give the younger before the firstborn. ²⁷ Fulfil her week, and we will give thee the other also for another seven years of service which thou shalt serve with me. ²⁸ And Jacob did so and fulfilled her week; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. ²⁹ And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her maid. ³⁰ And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah and served with him yet another seven years.

³¹ For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joined unto his wife, and they shall be two in one flesh.

¹⁹ And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness and in judgment and in mercy.

² For I am jealous over you with the jealousy of God, for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to the Christ.