Genesis 34:23

Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

In Context

22Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

24And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.

Proverbs 28:20A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

John 6:26Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, ye seek me not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.

1 Timothy 6:6But piety with contentment is great gain,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:19-25

18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives,… Read the whole commentary →

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