Genesis 34:10
And the land shall be before you; inhabit and do business in it, and possess it.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
9And marry with us, and take our daughters to you;
Cross References
Genesis 13:9Is not all the land before thee? Separate now from me: if thou to the north, I to the south; and if thou to the south, I to the north.
Genesis 34:21These men are friendly with us, and they may dwell in the land, and do business in it, and the land, behold, it is wide (on both) hands before them; their daughters we will take to us for wives, and our daughters we will give to them.
Genesis 47:27And Israel dwelt in the land of Mizraim in the land of Goshen, and possessed it: and they increased and multiplied greatly.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:7-18
Treachery of Dinah's Brethren. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your… Read the whole commentary →