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12 No matter how great a bride price and gift[a] you demand, I will give it. Just give me the young woman as a wife.”

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  1. Genesis 34:12 Bride price is a payment to the family of the bride. The gift may be a payment given to Dinah as a sort of trust fund. A dowry is property the bride brings to the groom’s family. There is no dowry here.