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Genesis 34:12

10 You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

13 But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

14 “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
KJV
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
WEB
Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”
ASV
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
DARBY
Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.
BLB
Increase on me very much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you⁺ say to me. And give to me the young woman as a wife.”
ÅB
Krev så meget dere vil av meg i morgengave og andre gaver! Jeg skal gi det dere vil ha; la meg bare få piken til hustru!
OTB
Sett brudeprisen og gaven så høyt dere vil, og jeg vil betale hva dere enn ber meg om. Bare gi meg den unge kvinnen som kone."
B1930
Krev så meget I vil av mig i morgengave og andre gaver! Jeg skal gi det I vil ha; la mig bare få piken til hustru!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 22:16–17

    If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.

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  • Genesis 24:53

    Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.

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  • Deuteronomy 22:28–29

    If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

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  • 1 Samuel 18:25–27

    Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

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  • Genesis 31:41

    Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!

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  • 2 Samuel 3:14

    Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

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  • Genesis 29:18

    Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

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  • Matthew 14:17

    “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

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