Genesis 34:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.

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  • Gen 34:14-15
    2 verses
    88%

    14They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.

    15We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

  • Gen 34:21-23
    3 verses
    87%

    21“These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.

    22Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

    23If we do so, won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”

  • Gen 34:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.”

    18Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

  • Gen 34:8-12
    5 verses
    84%

    8But Hamor made this appeal to them:“My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

    9Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.

    10You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”

    11Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers,“Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me I’ll give.

    12You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

  • Neh 10:30
    77%

    30“We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons.

  • Judg 21:7
    74%

    7How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”

  • Exod 34:16
    74%

    16and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.

  • Judg 3:6
    72%

    6They took the Canaanites’ daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well.

  • Judg 21:22
    72%

    22When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we’ll say to them,“Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don’t worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.’”

  • Num 32:16-17
    2 verses
    71%

    16The Offer of the Reubenites and Gadites Then they came very close to him and said,“We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families,

    17but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land.

  • Gen 34:4
    71%

    4Shechem said to his father Hamor,“Acquire this young girl as my wife.”

  • Gen 24:37-38
    2 verses
    71%

    37My master made me swear an oath. He said,‘You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

    38but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.’

  • Num 36:8
    71%

    8And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any of the tribes of the Israelites must become the wife of a man from any family in her father’s tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of his fathers.

  • Ezra 9:12
    71%

    12Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.’

  • Judg 21:18
    70%

    18But we can’t allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying,‘Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!’

  • Josh 2:14
    70%

    14The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”

  • Jer 29:6
    70%

    6Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters to get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

  • Gen 31:44
    70%

    44So now, come, let’s make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace.”

  • Gen 24:3
    70%

    3so that I may make you solemnly promise by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

  • Gen 31:16
    70%

    16Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”

  • Neh 13:25
    70%

    25So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying,“You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

  • Josh 9:11
    70%

    11Our leaders and all who live in our land told us,‘Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them,“We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us.”’

  • Gen 31:50
    70%

    50If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions.”

  • Gen 17:11
    70%

    11You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you.

  • Josh 9:20
    70%

    20We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them.”

  • Josh 23:12
    69%

    12But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,