(January 21, 2013 at 12:02 am)Christian Wrote: Mister Sir Esquilax,
This is applicable in a normal union between a Man and a Woman.
In a 'normal union' in Biblical times, women were essentially property owned by either father or husband. Daughters were traded for goods and livestock.
"If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as menservants do. (Exodus 21:7)
"If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silvers, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days." (Deuteronomy 22:28-29)
Also:
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church." (I Corinthians 14:34-35)
