YOU DON’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO MARRY ONLY SOMEONE FROM YOUR RACE, NATION, TRIBE OR TOWN. WHAT REALLY COUNTS IS GOD’S APPROVAL OF YOUR RELATIONSHIP AND THAT YOU MARRY YOUR FRIEND.
“And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” – Genesis 2: 23-24
“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.” – Proverbs 18: 22
“A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” – Proverbs 18: 24
“Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.” – Proverbs 31: 10-12
“What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” – Mark 10: 9