Translations:Does Biblical law really allow a father to sell his daughter into slavery?/4/en
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Bridewealth was a payment by the future husband to the family of the bride, which recognized the value of their daughter as a worker and contributor to the family. Bridewealth is not the same thing as "dowry," which is a word that is sometimes used interchangeably by people who do not distinguish the two concepts. Bridewealth stays with the bride's family (unless they choose to gift it to her, in which case it becomes part of her dowry). "Dowry" is wealth which the daughter brings with her to the marriage.
