Women: Could not Marry Without the Consent of Parents

…and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,

…but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.”

Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.