Genesis 34:23

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Genesis 34:23

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

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KJV

King James Version

[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.

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WEB

World English Bible

Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”

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ASV

American Standard Version

Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

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Genesis 34

²¹ “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.

²² But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

²³ Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

²⁴ All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.

²⁵ Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

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