Genesis 34:16

Genesis Old Testament

WEB

then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

KJV

Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Commentary

Commentary

Then will we give our daughters unto you,.... Meaning Dinah, whom they call their daughter, Gen 34:17 ; because she was th e daughter of their family, and because they were entreating in the name of their father, and in conformity to the language used by those they were treating with, Gen 34:9 , and we will take your daughters to us; in marriage for wives: and we will dwell with you; not as sojourners but as fellow citizens: and we will become one people; being so nearly related by marriage, and professing one religion, alike submitting to circumcision, which was the distinguished badge of Abraham's seed.