Genesis 34:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.

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  • Gen 33:15 : 15 And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?
  • Gen 18:3 : 3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

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  • Gen 34:12-14
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    12However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.

    13But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

    14And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

  • Gen 34:2-4
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    2And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

    3Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

    4And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.

  • Gen 34:6-10
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    6Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.

    7Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

    8But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

    9And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

    10Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

  • Gen 34:17-21
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    17But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

    18And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

    19And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

    20Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

    21It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 34:23-24
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    74%

    23Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.

    24Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

  • Gen 33:19
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    19And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.

  • Gen 38:16
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    16And turning to her by the roadside, he said to her, Let me come in to you; for he had no idea that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me as my price?

  • Gen 30:31
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    31And Laban said, What am I to give you? And Jacob said, Do not give me anything; but I will again take up the care of your flock if you will only do this for me:

  • Gen 34:26
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    26And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.