Deuteronomio 22:29

29 el hombre le pagará al padre de la joven cincuenta monedas de plata, y además se casará con la joven por haberla deshonrado. En toda su vida no podrá divorciarse de ella.

Deuteronomio 22:29 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 22:29

Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's
father fifty shekels of silver,
&.] For the abuse of his daughter; and besides this was obliged to give her her dowry also, as Philo ^F4 says, which is commonly said to be fifty more:

and she shall be his wife;
if her father and she agreed to it; and in such a case the man was not at his liberty to refuse, be she what she would, agreeable or not, handsome or ugly; he must, as the Jews express it, drink out of his pot, or marry her, if she is lame, or blind, or full of ulcers ^F5:

because he hath humbled her he may not put her away all his days:
to all the other parts of his punishment, paying a fine of fifty shekels to the damsel's father, a dowry of the same sum to her, obligation to marry her whether he likes her or not, this is added, that he is not allowed to divorce her as long as he lives; which was permitted to other men, and this was wisely ordered to preserve chastity.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 De Special. Leg. p. 787.
F5 Misn. Cetubot, c. 3. sect. 5.

Deuteronomio 22:29 In-Context

27 el hombre encontró a la joven en el campo y, aunque ella hubiera gritado, no habría habido quien la rescatara.

28 »Si un hombre se encuentra casualmente con una joven virgen que no esté comprometida para casarse, y la obliga a acostarse con él, y son sorprendidos,

29 el hombre le pagará al padre de la joven cincuenta monedas de plata, y además se casará con la joven por haberla deshonrado. En toda su vida no podrá divorciarse de ella.

30 »Ningún hombre tendrá relaciones íntimas con la esposa de su padre, ya que usurpa sus derechos de esposo.