Genesis 34:12

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Genesis 34:12

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

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KJV

King James Version

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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WEB

World English Bible

Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 34

¹⁰ You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

¹¹ Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

¹² Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

¹³ But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

¹⁴ “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

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