Genesis 34:23

And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their possessions, be ours? only in this let us conform to them, and they will dwell with us.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised.

24And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Hamor and Shechem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:12And let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, 1 And remove the memorial of him from the earth: 1

Proverbs 28:20A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: 1 But the wicked shall not be unpunished. 1

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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