Genesis 34:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

Ask me for ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to your saying to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.

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  • Exod 22:16-17 : 16 If a man entices a maid who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
  • Deut 22:28-29 : 28 If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are found, 29 Then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
  • 1 Sam 18:25-27 : 25 And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires no dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and before the days had expired, 27 Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full count to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife.
  • 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
  • Hos 3:2 : 2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley.
  • Matt 14:17 : 17 And they said to him, We have here only five loaves and two fish.
  • Gen 24:53 : 53 Then the servant brought out jewelry of silver, jewelry of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 And Jacob loved Rachel and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.
  • Gen 31:41 : 41 Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have changed my wages ten times.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 34:6-11
    6 verses
    89%

    6And Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.

    7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and they were grieved and very wroth because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.

    8And Hamor spoke with them, saying, My son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you give her to him as a wife.

    9And make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

    10And you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade therein, and acquire possessions there.

    11And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and whatever you say to me, I will give.

  • Gen 34:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

    2And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

    3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to her.

    4And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this young woman as a wife.

  • Gen 34:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah, their sister,

    14And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.

  • Gen 34:16-21
    6 verses
    77%

    16Then 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.

    17But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and leave.

    18And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

    19And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

    20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

    21These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land and trade therein, for the land, indeed, is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 38:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16He turned to her by the roadside and said, Let me come in to you; for he did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me?

    17He said, I will send you a young goat from the flock. She said, Will you give me a pledge, till you send it?

  • Exod 22:17
    74%

    17If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Deut 22:29
    73%

    29Then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.

  • Gen 34:26
    73%

    26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

  • Gen 30:31
    73%

    31He said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything; if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock."

  • Gen 34:31
    72%

    31And they said, Should he treat our sister as a harlot?

  • Judg 15:2
    72%

    2Her father said, I truly thought you hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? Take her instead, I ask you.

  • Gen 24:38
    72%

    38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'