Note 623 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
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Westermarck, op. cit., 395. Even in the days of Abraham the purchase price is beginning to be transformed into a dower: "And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment and gave them to Rebekah; he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things."—Gen. 24:53. Cf. Westermarck, 408, and the authorities there cited.