Genesis 34:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Will not their livestock and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

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  • Prov 1:12-13 : 12 Let us swallow them alive like the grave, and whole, like those who go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all kinds of precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
  • Prov 23:4-5 : 4 Do not labor to be rich; cease from your own wisdom. 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Prov 28:20 : 20 A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.
  • John 2:16 : 16 And he said to those who sold doves, Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of merchandise.
  • John 6:26-27 : 26 Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • Acts 19:24-26 : 24 A certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen; 25 Whom he called together with the workmen of similar occupation, and said, Sirs, you know that by this trade we have our wealth. 26 Moreover, you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands;
  • 1 Tim 6:6-9 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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  • Gen 34:20-22
    3 verses
    85%

    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.

    22Only in this will the men consent to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

  • Gen 34:8-18
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    82%

    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.

    12Ask 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.

    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.

    15But in this will we consent unto you: If you will become as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

    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.

  • Gen 34:24-26
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    24And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

    25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword and came upon the city boldly and slew all the males.

    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 34:4
    73%

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

  • Gen 34:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, and what was in the city and what was in the field.

    29And all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives they took captive, and they plundered even all that was in the houses.

  • Gen 31:16
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    16For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatever God has said to you, do.

  • Deut 3:7
    72%

    7But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities, we took as plunder for ourselves.

  • Num 32:26
    71%

    26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, will be there in the cities of Gilead.

  • Gen 36:7
    71%

    7For their riches were too great for them to live together; and the land where they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock.

  • Deut 2:35
    71%

    35Only the cattle we took for ourselves as spoil, and the plunder of the cities which we took.

  • Josh 2:14
    71%

    14And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if you do not reveal this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you.

  • Num 32:16
    71%

    16And they came near to him and said, We will build sheep pens here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones,

  • Gen 14:24
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    24except only what the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion."

  • Gen 34:2
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    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.