{"id":3918,"date":"2015-02-18T15:34:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T13:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joke-archives.com\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2015-02-18T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T13:34:03","slug":"the-top-biblical-ways-to-get-a-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/?p=3918","title":{"rendered":"The Top Biblical Ways to Get a Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she&#8217;s yours. &#8211; (Deuteronomy 21:11-13)<\/li>\n<li>Find a prostitute and marry her. &#8211; (Hosea 1:1-3)<\/li>\n<li>Find a man with seven daughters, and impress him by watering his flock. &#8211; Moses (Ex 2:16-21)<\/li>\n<li>Purchase a piece of property, and get a woman as part of the deal. &#8211; Boaz (Ruth 4:5-10)<\/li>\n<li>Go to a party and hide. When the women come out to dance, grab one and carry her off to be your wife. &#8211;  Benjaminites (Judges 21:19-25)<\/li>\n<li>Have God create a wife for you while you sleep. Note: this will cost you.- Adam (Gen 2:19-24)<\/li>\n<li>Agree to work seven years in exchange for a woman&#8217;s hand in marriage. Get tricked into marrying the wrong woman. Then work another seven years for the woman you wanted to marry in the first place. That&#8217;s right. Fourteen years of toil for a wife. &#8211; Jacob  (Genesis 29:15-30)<\/li>\n<li>Cut 200 foreskins off of your future father-in-law&#8217;s enemies and get his daughter for a wife &#8211; David (I Samuel 18:27)<\/li>\n<li>Even if no one is out there, just wander around a bit and you&#8217;ll definitely find someone. (It&#8217;s all relative, of course.) &#8211;  Cain (Genesis 4:16-17)<\/li>\n<li>Become the emperor of a huge nation and hold a beauty contest. &#8211; Xerxes or Ahasuerus (Esther 2:3-4)<\/li>\n<li>When you see someone you like, go home and tell your parents, &#8220;I have seen a &#8230; woman; now get her for me.&#8221; If your parents question your decision, simply say, &#8220;Get her for me. She&#8217;s the one for me.&#8221; &#8211; Samson (Judges 14:1-)<\/li>\n<li>Kill any husband and take HIS wife (Prepare to lose four sons, though). &#8211; David (2 Samuel 11)<\/li>\n<li>Wait for your brother to die. Take his widow. (It&#8217;s not just a good idea; it&#8217;s the law.) &#8211; Onana and Boaz (Deuteronomy or Leviticus, example in Ruth)<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be so picky. Make up for quality with quantity. &#8211; Solomon (1 Kings 11:1-3)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find an attractive prisoner of war, bring her home, shave her head, trim her nails, and give her new clothes. Then she&#8217;s yours. &#8211; (Deuteronomy 21:11-13) Find a prostitute and marry her. &#8211; (Hosea 1:1-3) Find a man with seven daughters, and impress him by watering his flock. &#8211; Moses (Ex 2:16-21) Purchase a piece [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[1522],"class_list":["post-3918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirit","tag-wife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}