Deuteronomy 22:13

If a man take a wife, and go unto her, and dislike her,

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,

In Context

12Thou shalt make thee fringes (or tassels) upon the four corners of thy garment with which thou coverest thyself.

14and lay an occasion of words about her, or bring out an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman and came to her, and I have not found her to be a virgin:

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Cross References

Genesis 29:23And it was in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and introduced her to him, and he entered to her.

Deuteronomy 24:1When a man shall have taken a wife, and become her husband, and she hath not found favour in his eyes, because he hath found something wrong in her, then he may write for her a bill of divorcement, and give it into her hand, and send her from his house.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 22:6-13

Various Prohibitions. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God. 6 If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: 7 But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well… Read the whole commentary →

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