Genesis 34:23

Will not their livestock and their property—all their animals be ours? So let us agree with them, and they will live among us.”

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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 agree to live with us and become one people: If every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.

24All the men of the city listened to Hamor and Shechem, his son. Every male was circumcised.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:12Let us swallow them up alive, like Sheol takes away those who are healthy, 1 and make them like those who fall into the pit. 1

Proverbs 28:20A faithful man will have great blessings, 1 but the one who gets rich quickly will not go unpunished. 1

John 6:26Jesus replied to them, saying, “Truly, truly, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate some of the bread loaves and were filled.

1 Timothy 6:6Now godliness 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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