Genesis 34
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Genesis 34:20-23

20AndHamorחֲמ֛וֹרcha.MorH2544andShechemוּשְׁכֶ֥םu.she.KhemH7927hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121cameH935untothegateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179oftheircityעִירָ֑ם'i.RamH5892,andcommunedwiththemenH376oftheircityעִירָ֖ם'i.RamH5892,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,
21ThesemenH376arepeaceablewithus;thereforeletthemdwellוְיֵשְׁב֤וּve.ye.she.VuH3427inthelandבָאָ֙רֶץ֙va.'A.retzH776,andtradetherein;for,behold,thelandוְהָאָ֛רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776islargeenoughforthem;letustakeנִקַּֽח־ni.kach-H3947theirdaughtersבְּנֹתָם֙be.no.TamH1323tousforwivesH802,andletusgiveנִתֵּ֥ןni.TenH5414themourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323.
22Onlyאַךְ־'akh-H389onthisconditionwillthemenH376consentuntoustodwellלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427withus,tobecomeלִהְי֖וֹתlih.YotH1961oneאֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadH259peopleלְעַ֣םle.'AmH5971,ifeverymaleזָכָ֔רza.KharH2145amongusbeH1961circumcisedH4135,astheyarecircumcisedH4135.
23ShallnottheircattleH929andtheirsubstanceandalltheirbeastsbeours?onlyאַ֚ךְ'akhH389letusconsentuntothem,andtheywilldwellוְיֵשְׁב֖וּve.ye.she.VuH3427withus.
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