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8141 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:4
4 Then Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get this young woman for me to be my wife.”34:4 Or girl
8142 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:5
5 Because Jacob learned that Shechem had dishonored his daughter Dinah while his sons were still out with their cattle on the open range, he remained silent until they returned.
8143 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:6
6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor arrived to talk to Jacob.
8144 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:7
… happened.34:7 Lit. toward the man
8145 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:8
8 But Hamor said this: “My son is deeply attracted to your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
8146 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:9
9 Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and take our sons for yourselves.
8147 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:10
10 Live with us anywhere you want. Live, trade, and grow rich in it.”34:10 Lit. us, since the land lays open before you
8148 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:11
11 Shechem also addressed Dinah’s father and brothers. He told them, “If you’ll just approve me, I’ll give whatever you ask of me.34:11 Lit. her
8149 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:12
12 No matter how big or how extensive your demands are for a dowry and wedding presents from me, I’ll provide whatever you ask. Only give me the young lady to be my wife.”
8150 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:13
13 But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceptively, because Shechem had dishonored their sister Dinah.
8151 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:14
14 They told them, “We can’t do this. We can’t give our sister to a man who isn’t circumcised, because that would be insulting to us.
8152 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:15
15 But we’ll agree to your request, only if you will become like us by circumcising every male among you.
8153 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:16
16 Then we’ll give our daughters to you and take your daughters for ourselves, live among you, and be as a united people.
8154 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:17
17 But if you won’t listen to us, then we’re going to take our daughter and leave.”
8155 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:18
18 What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem,
8156 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:19
19 so the young man did not delay the matter any further, since he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now Shechem was the most important person in his father’s household.
8157 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:20
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem entered the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city.
8158 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:21
21 “These men are at peace with us,” they announced. “Therefore, let them live in the land and trade in it. Look! The land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters as wives for ourselves and let’s give our sons to them.
8159 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:22
22 “However,” they added, “only on this condition will the men consent to live with us and be united as a single people with us: every male among us will have to be circumcised just as they are.
8160 International Standard Version — Genesis 34:23
23 Shouldn’t all their cattle, acquisitions, and animals belong to us? So, let’s give our consent to them, and then they’ll live with us.”