house or beyond it and his being able to make an honest case that they are worthy partners for worthy men (4QDe/4Q270 2 i.16–17a; 4QDf/4Q271 3 8–16; similarly 4QInstra/4Q415 11 and 4QInstrd/4Q418 167b). Finding wives for daughters was a major responsibility and if it could not be done by fathers, someone else had to assume responsibility, as when Zebul arranges husbands for the daughters of Kenaz (LAB 29:2). Paul reflects this duty when he urges on the Corinthians that he wants to present them as
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