New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Marriage

• Divinely instituted Gen. 2:24
• A covenant relationship Mal. 2:14
• Designed for
  • The happiness of man Gen. 2:18
  • Increasing the human population Gen. 1:28, 9:1
  • Raising up a godly seed Mal. 2:15
  • Preventing fornication 1 Cor. 7:2
• The expectation of the promised seed of the woman an incentive to, in the early age Gen. 3:15, 4:1
• Lawful in all 1 Cor. 7:2, 28; 1 Tim. 5:14
• Honorable for all Heb. 13:4
• Should be only in the Lord 1 Cor. 7:39
• Expressed by
  • Joining together Mt. 19:6
  • Making affinity 1 Ki. 3:1
  • Taking to wife Ex. 2:1
  • Giving daughters to sons, and sons to daughters Dt. 7:3; Ezra 9:12
• Indissoluble during the joint lives of the parties Mt. 19:6; Rom. 7:2, 3; 1 Cor. 7:39
• Early introduction of polygamy Gen. 4:19
• Contracted in patriarchal age with near relations Gen. 20:12, 24:24, 28:2
• Often contracted by parents for children Gen. 24:49-51, 34:6, 8
• Should be with consent of parents Gen. 28:8; Judg. 14:2, 3
• Consent of the parties necessary to Gen. 24:57, 58; 1 Sam. 18:20, 25:41
• Parents might refuse to give their children in Ex. 22:17; Dt. 7:3
• The Jews
  • Forbidden to contract, with their near relations Lev. 18:6
  • Forbidden to contract with idolaters Dt. 7:3, 4; Josh. 23:12; Ezra 9:11, 12
  • Often contracted with foreigners 1 Ki. 11:1; Neh. 13:23
  • Sometimes guilty of polygamy 1 Ki. 11:1, 3
  • Careful in contracting for their children Gen. 24:2, 3, 28:1, 2
  • Betrothed themselves some time before Dt. 20:7; Judg. 14:5, 7, 8; Mt. 1:18
  • Contracted when young Pr. 2:17; Joel 1:8
  • Often contracted, in their own tribe Ex. 2:1; Num. 36:6-13; Lk. 1:5, 27
  • Obliged to contract with a brother's wife who died without seed Dt. 25:5; Mt. 22:24
  • Considered being debarred from, a reproach Isa. 4:1
  • Considered being debarred from, a cause of grief Judg. 11:38
  • Often punished by being debarred from Jer. 7:34, 16:9, 25:10
  • Were allowed divorce from, because of hardness of their hearts Dt. 24:1; Mt. 19:7, 8
  • Exempted from going to war immediately after Dt. 20:7
• Priest not to contract, with divorced or improper persons Lev. 21:7
• The high priest not to contract, with a widow or a divorced or profane person Lev. 21:14
• Contracted at the gate and before witnesses Ruth 4:1, 10, 11
• Modes of demanding women in Gen. 24:3, 4, 34:6, 8; 1 Sam. 25:39, 40
• Elder daughters usually given in, before the younger Gen. 29:26
• A dowry given to the woman's parents before Gen. 29:18, 34:12; 1 Sam. 18:27, 28; Hos. 3:2
• Celebrated
  • With great rejoicing Jer. 33:11; Jn. 3:29
  • With feasting Gen. 29:22; Judg. 14:10; Mt. 22:2, 3; Jn. 2:1-10
  • For seven days Judg. 14:12
• A benediction pronounced after Gen. 24:60; Ruth 4:11, 12
• The bride
  • Received presents before Gen. 24:53
  • Given a handmaid at Gen. 24:59, 29:24, 29
  • Adorned with jewels for Isa. 49:18, 61:10
  • Gorgeously apparelled Ps. 45:13, 14
  • Attended by bridesmaids Ps. 45:9
  • Stood on the right of bridegroom Ps. 45:9
  • Called to forget her father's house Ps. 45:10
• The bridegroom
  • Adorned with ornaments Isa. 61:10
  • Attended by many friends Judg. 14:11; Jn. 3:29
  • Presented with gifts Ps. 45:12
  • Crowned with garlands Song 3:11
  • Rejoiced over the bride Isa. 62:5
  • Returned with the bride to his house at night Mt. 25:1-6
• Garments provided for guests at Mt. 22:12
• Infidelity of those contracted in, punished as if married Dt. 22:23, 24; Mt. 1:19
• Illustrative of
  • God's union with the Jewish nation Isa. 54:5; Jer. 3:14; Hos. 2:19, 20
  • Christ's union with His church Eph. 5:23, 24, 32