Get your own Free Home Page1. Find an attractive prisoner
of war, bring her home, shave her head,
trim
her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she's yours. -
(Deuteronomy
21:11-13)
2. Find a prostitute and marry her. - (Hosea 1:1-3)
3. Find a man with seven
daughters, and impress him by watering his
flock
- Moses (Exodus 2:16-21)
4. Purchase a piece of property,
and get a woman as part of the deal. -
Boaz
(Ruth 4:5-10)
5. Go to a party and hide.
When the women come out to dance, grab one
and carry
her off to be your wife. - Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)
6. Have God create a wife
for you while you sleep. Note: this will cost
you.
- Adam (Genesis 2:19-24)
7. Agree to work seven years
in exchange for a woman's hand in
marriage.
Get tricked into marrying the wrong woman. Then
work
another seven years for the woman you wanted to
marry
in the first place. That's right. Fourteen years of
hard
labor for a wife. - Jacob (Genesis 29:15-30)
8. Cut 200 foreskins off
of your future father-in-law's enemies and get
his daughter
for a wife. - David (I Samuel 18:27)
9. Even if no one is out
there, just wander around a bit and you'll
definitely
find someone. (It's all relative, of course.) - Cain
(Genesis 4:16-17)
10. Become the emperor of
a huge nation and hold a beauty contest. -
Xerxes
or Ahasuerus (Esther 2:3-4)
11. When you see someone
you like, go home and tell your parents,
"I have seen a ... woman; now get her for me. " If your parent
question your decision, simply say, "Get her for me. She's the
one for me." -Samson (Judges 14:1-3)
12. Kill any husband and
take HIS wife (Prepare to lose four sons,
though). - David (2 Samuel 11)
13. Wait for your brother
to die. Take his widow. (It's not just a good
idea; it's the law.) - Onan and Boaz (Deuteronomy
or Leviticus,
example in Ruth)
14. Don't be so picky. Make
up for quality with quantity. - Solomon
Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3)
15. A wife?...NOT! - Paul (1 Corinthians 7:32-35)
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