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NASB	Genesis 29:19 Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me."
AMPLIFIED 2015	Genesis 29:19 Laban said, "It is better that I give her [in marriage] to you than give her to another man. Stay and work with me."

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Bible Question: Does God say anything about honoring your Father by placing him in the position of giving his only daughter away when she gets married?

Bible Answer: krystyk

We have a few instances in the Bible of the father of the bride literaly giving the bride away to the groom by way of making an agreement with the groom or the groom's father to do so and according to Deuteronomy included a dowery. A woman was property of her husband and was being given as property by her father to her future husband to become his property. But of course we do not see women as "property being given away as property" anymore.

We see a happy father "giving away" a happy bride to a happy groom as being a father's right to give his blessing to the prospective groom that the fahter is entrusting the bride to the groom and for the bride as that her father has blessed her to have his permission (the traditional view) to go be married to the groom. That may very well be what also happened in Biblcial times.

What we don't have is a lot of records of how ceremonies were conducted by families to marry their children and how that was conducted in the OT or the NT, IN THE BIBLE.

I have seen mothers giving away daughters when the father was either absent from the family, or dead. I have seen the grandfather take the dead father's place as head of the family. I have seen the step-father taking place of the estranged father. I have seen the Uncle from the mother's or father's side take the place of the absent or dead father. I have seen the bride walk the aisle alone. I have seen the brother of the bride walk the bride. Everyone today considers it an honor to be walking the bride down the aisle no matter who gets to do it, although most prefer to see the father honored by being the one to be asked or expected to do it.

We can say this about it all in Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you. To be obedient to the Lord your God and get the blessing, why not honor your father in this and receive the promise of a prolonged life. I would say however that the verse applies to a life long commitment to honor your parents and no one should make empty gestures out of tradition at the last minute. You only have one father though no matter how it went, God gave you only one to honor as your father.

blessings to you if you are getting married, if you believe just make sure it is to a believer as the Bible says to do, it will go better.

blessings abound, bowler

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