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Genesis 34:23
23Then their things and their animals will all become our things. So we should agree to be circumcised, as they ask. Then they will live among us.’
Genesis 34:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”
Context of Genesis 34:23
21They said, ‘Jacob's family are our friends. Let them live in our land, and buy and sell things. This land is big enough for them and us. We can marry their daughters, and they can marry our daughters. 22But we must do the one thing that they have asked us to do. We must circumcise all our males in the same way that they do. If we do that, they will agree to live among us. Then their things and their animals will all become our things. So we should agree to be circumcised, as they ask. Then they will live among us.’ 24All the men who were at the city gate agreed with Hamor and Shechem. So every male in the city was circumcised. 25Three days after the men were circumcised, they still had a lot of pain. Then two of Jacob's sons attacked Shechem's men with their swords. None of the men were ready to fight. Jacob's two sons were Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers. They killed every male in the city.
Read all of Genesis 34Genesis 34:23 word by word
מִקְנֵהֶ֤ם וְקִנְיָנָם֙ וְכָל־בְּהֶמְתָּ֔ם הֲל֥וֹא לָ֖נוּ הֵ֑ם אַ֚ךְ נֵא֣וֹתָה לָהֶ֔ם וְיֵשְׁב֖וּ אִתָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Genesis 34:23
- Proverbs 1:12We will send them quickly to their graves. They may be strong and healthy, but they will soon be under the earth.
- Proverbs 23:47. Do not work so hard to become rich that you make yourself ill. Be wise and rest when you need to.
- Proverbs 28:20A faithful person will receive many blessings. But anyone who hurries to become rich will only receive punishment.
- John 2:16He said to the people who sold birds, ‘Take them out of here! Do not make my Father's house into a market!’
- John 6:26Jesus answered, ‘I tell you this: You saw me do miracles that show God's power. But you are not looking for me because of that. No, you are looking for me because you ate the loaves. I gave you all the food that you needed.
- Acts 19:24In Ephesus there was a man called Demetrius. He used silver to make beautiful things. He made models that looked like the temple of Artemis. He paid a lot of money to people who did this work for him.
- 1 Timothy 6:6What makes our life really rich? We should serve God in a way that pleases him and be happy with the things that we have.
Commentaries on Genesis 34:23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Shall not their cattle and their substance - be ours? - This was a bait held out for the poor unsuspecting people of Hamor by their prince and his son, who were not much less deceived than the people themselves.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-31Verses 1-31 - Dinah‘s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Genesis 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-31Verses 20-31 The Shechemites submitted to the sacred rite, only to serve a turn, to please their prince, and to enrich themselves, and it was just with God to bring punishment upon them. As nothing secures us better than true religion, so nothing exposes us more than religion only pretended to. But Simeon and Levi were most unrighteous. Those who act wickedly, under the pretext of religion, are the worst enemies of the truth, and harden the hearts of many…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-24The Canaanite men agreed to the condition, and every male in the town was circumcised. This was not only to allow Shechem to marry Dinah. They also saw it as a way to gain everything that Jacob owned (34:23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311-4. Though freed from foreign troubles, Jacob met with a great domestic calamity in the fall of his only daughter. According to Josephus, she had been attending a festival; but it is highly probable that she had been often and freely mixing in the society of the place and that she, being a simple, inexperienced, and vain young woman, had been flattered by the attentions of the ruler's son. There must have been time and opportunities of acquaintance to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Genesis 34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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