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Genesis 34:20-23

20AndHamorחֲמ֛וֹרcha.MorH2544andShechemוּשְׁכֶ֥םu.she.KhemH7927hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121cameוַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'H935to thegateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179of theircityעִירָ֑ם'i.RamH5892, andspokeוַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּvay.da.be.RuH1696with themenאַנְשֵׁ֥י'an.SheiH582of theircityעִירָ֖ם'i.RamH5892,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,

21Thesemenהָאֲנָשִׁ֨יםha.'a.na.ShimH582arepeaceableשְֽׁלֵמִ֧יםshe.le.MimH8003withאִתָּ֗נוּ'i.Ta.nuH854us; therefore let themdwellוְיֵשְׁב֤וּve.ye.she.VuH3427in thelandבָאָ֙רֶץ֙va.'A.retzH776, andtradeוְיִסְחֲר֣וּve.yis.cha.RuH5503in it; for thelandוְהָאָ֛רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776, behold, it islargeרַֽחֲבַת־ra.cha.vat-H7342enoughיָדַ֖יִםya.Da.yimH3027forthemלִפְנֵיהֶ֑םlif.nei.HemH6440; let ustakeנִקַּֽח־ni.kach-H3947theirdaughtersבְּנֹתָם֙be.no.TamH1323to us forwivesלְנָשִׁ֔יםle.na.ShimH802, and let usgiveנִתֵּ֥ןni.TenH5414them ourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323.

22Only onthisבְּ֠זֹאתBe.zotH2063condition will themenהָאֲנָשִׁים֙ha.'a.na.ShimH582consentיֵאֹ֨תוּye.'O.tuH225to us todwellלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427with us, to beoneאֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadH259peopleלְעַ֣םle.'AmH5971, if everymaleזָכָ֔רza.KharH2145among us shall becircumcisedבְּהִמּ֥וֹלbe.hi.MolH4135, as they arecircumcisedנִמֹּלִֽים׃ni.mo.LimH4135.

23Shall not theircattleמִקְנֵהֶ֤םmik.ne.HemH4735and theirsubstanceוְקִנְיָנָם֙ve.kin.ya.NamH7075and everybeastבְּהֶמְתָּ֔םbe.hem.TamH929of theirs be ours? only let usconsentנֵא֣וֹתָהne.'o.tahH225to them, and they willdwellוְיֵשְׁב֖וּve.ye.she.VuH3427with us.

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