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10 You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, conduct trade, and acquire property in it.”

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you ask from me I will give. 12 No matter how great a bride price and gift[a] you demand, I will give it. Just give me the young woman as a wife.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 34:12 Bride price is a payment to the family of the bride. The gift may be a payment given to Dinah as a sort of trust fund. A dowry is property the bride brings to the groom’s family. There is no dowry here.