Your daughter has come of age — go and marry her off; your daughter has come of age — free your slave and give him to her.
A person should help his daughter, once she has come of age, to find a husband — a proverb stressing the importance of marrying at a young age.
(“Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said in the name of the people of Jerusalem: Three things — do not increase disgrace, because of an incident that occurred; if your daughter has come of age — free your slave and give him to her; and be cautious with your wife regarding her first son-in-law.” (Pesachim 113a) “His wife sent word to him and said: Your daughter has come of age — come and marry her off. Rabbi Akiva perceived through the Holy Spirit and said: Anyone who has a grown daughter should go and marry her off.” (Genesis Rabbah, Parashat Vayigash, sec. 95) “The rabbi began to speak with him about his household, and in the course of the conversation told him that the time had come to marry off his eldest daughter, in accordance with the words of our Rabbis of blessed memory: If your daughter has come of age — go and marry her off.” (Mordechai ben Yechezkel, Sefer HaMa’asiyot, Part IV, “Honor,” p. 108))
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בִּתְּךָ בָּגְרָה- לֵךְ וְהִשִּׂיאָה, בִּתְּךָ בָּגְרָה - שִׁחְרֵר עַבְדְּךָ וְתֵן לָהּ
Definition (Hebrew)
עַל הָאָדָם לַעֲזֹר לְבִתּוֹ שֶׁבָּגְרָה לִמְצֹא חָתָן. פִּתְגָּם בִּדְבַר חֲשִׁיבוּת הַנִּשּׂוּאִין בְּגִיל צָעִיר.
("שְׁלֹשָׁה דְּבָרִים אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי מִשּׁוּם אַנְשֵׁי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם: אַל תַּרְבֶּה בִּגְנוּת- מִשּׁוּם מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁהָיָה, בִּתְּךָ בָּגְרָה - שַׁחְרֵר עַבְדְּךָ וְתֵן לָהּ, וֶהֱוֵי זָהִיר בְּאִשְׁתְּךָ מֵחֲתָנָהּ הָרִאשׁוֹן"- פְּסָחִים קיג ע"א, וְכֵן:"שָׁלְחָה אִשְׁתּוֹ וְאָמְרָה לוֹ בִּתְּךָ בָּגְרָה בָּא וְהִשִּׂיאָהּ, צָפָה ר' עֲקִיבָה בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ אָמַר כָּל מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בַּת בּוֹגֶרֶת יֵלֵךְ וְיַשִּׂיאֶהָ"- בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (תֵּאוֹדוֹר-אַלְבֵּק) כי"ו פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּגַּשׁ פָּרָשָׁה צה, וְכֵן: "הִתְחִיל הָרַב לְדַבֵּר אִתּוֹ עַל דְּבַר בְּנֵי בֵּיתוֹ, וְאַגַּב גָּרַרְתָּ הַדְּבָרִים אָמַר לוֹ, שֶׁהִגִּיעָה הַשָּׁעָה לְהַשִּׂיא אֶת בִּתּוֹ הַגְּדוֹלָה, כְּדִבְרֵי רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, בִּתְּךָ בָּגְרָה בּוֹא וְהִשִּׂיאָהּ"- מָרְדְּכַי בֶּן יְחֶזְקֵאל/ סֵפֶר הַמַּעֲשִׂיּוֹת חֵלֶק רְבִיעִי, הַכִּבּוּד,108)