Genesis 34:16

Genesis 34:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
• New International Version (NIV)Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us; and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Context of Genesis 34:16

14They said to them, “We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you! 15But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are, then we will give you our daughters, and we’ll take your daughters for ourselves. We will live among you and become one people. 17But if you don’t agree to be circumcised, we will take her and be on our way.” 18Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to their proposal.

Genesis 34:16 word by word

וְנָתַ֤נּוּ אֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם נִֽקַּֽח־לָ֑נוּ וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ אִתְּכֶ֔ם וְהָיִ֖ינוּ לְעַ֥ם אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then will we giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: give(marriage)H5414
• our daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• unto you, and we will takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• to us, and we will dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• with you, and we will become oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Commentaries on Genesis 34:16

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-17Dinah’s brothers responded to the proposal without waiting for Jacob to respond, and they acted deceitfully. They may not have thought that Shechem and his people would ever agree to the rite of circumcision, but they knew what they would do if the Canaanites accepted (34:25).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

Topics related to Genesis 34:16

• Deception
• Dishonesty

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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