The Jews practiced the sale of their daughters: And if any man shall sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the man-servants do. If she pleases not her master who hath betrothed her to himself. (Ex. 21 : 7.) Jacob purchased Leah and Rachel, by serving Laban their father seven years for each of them. He agreed to serve seven years for Rachel, and after he had fulfilled his obligation, Laban deceived him by palming off Leah in the dark upon him as Rachel. But though so deeply wronged Jacob did not despair, but served another seven years for her whom he loved. See Genesis twenty-ninth chapter. In the purchase of wives there was usually no ceremony, more than the witnessing of the sale. We read of David and Solomon taking wives, but no mention is made of any marriage ceremony. A jealous husband could torture his wife, by having her poisoned. See Numbers 5 : 11-31. There was no such law for a jealous wife. There was no law of even-handed justice for a greatly wronged and outraged wife. The laws were made for the benefit of man, not for the protection of woman. Why? Because they were made by man. The New Testament as well as the Old, Holds Woman in Servile Bondage. Jesus and Paul were celibates, and their teachings and practice in regard to woman, have done her incalculable wrong. The man is not of the woman, but the woman is of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman (was created) for the man. (1 Cor. 11 : 8, 9.) Paul gets this idea from the mythical story of creation in Genesis. In that childish story God is represented as making woman as "an help meet," for Adam. Indeed her creation does not seem to have been intended at all, but the Creator seeing that it was not good for man to be alone, "caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took out one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead: And the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man." (Gen. 2 : 21, 22.) Woman was an afterthought to the Lords of creation then, and she is an afterthought to the lords of creation now. In that ancient myth woman was doomed to perpetual servitude because she was of an investigating turn of mind, and sought to know good and evil. The sentence was, "Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." (Gen. 3 : 16.)