Genesis 34
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Genesis 34:20-23

20So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the 1gate of their city and spoke to the people of their city, saying,

21“These men are 2friendly to us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is 3large enough for them. We will take their daughters 4in marriage, and give our daughters to them.

22Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

23Will their livestock and their property and all their animals not be ours? Let’s just consent to them, and they will live with us.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 34:20 Ruth 4:1; 2 Sam 15:2 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 34:21 Lit peaceful ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 34:21 Lit wide of hands before them ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 34:21 Lit to us for wives ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 34

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