Genesis 34:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 Thus you can live among us. The land is open before you. Settle and move about freely in it and acquire holdings here.”[a] 11 Then Shechem appealed to Dinah’s father and brothers: “Do me this favor, and whatever you ask from me, I will give. 12 No matter how high you set the bridal price and gift, I will give you whatever you ask from me; only give me the young woman as a wife.”
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- 34:10 Hamor seems to be making concessions to Jacob’s family in the hope of avoiding warfare between the two families.
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