Genesis 34:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'

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  • Exod 22:16-17 : 16 `And when a man doth entice a virgin who `is' not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife; 17 if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.
  • Deut 22:28-29 : 28 `When a man findeth a damsel, a virgin who is not betrothed, and hath caught her, and lain with her, and they have been found, 29 then hath the man who is lying with her given to the father of the damsel fifty silverlings, and to him she is for a wife; because that he hath humbled her, he is not able to send her away all his days.
  • 1 Sam 18:25-27 : 25 And Saul saith, `Thus do ye say to David, There is no delight to the king in dowry, but in a hundred foreskins of the Philistines -- to be avenged on the enemies of the king;' and Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And his servants declare to David these words, and the thing is right in the eyes of David, to be son-in-law to the king; and the days have not been full, 27 and David riseth and goeth, he and his men, and smiteth among the Philistines two hundred men, and David bringeth in their foreskins, and they set them before the king, to be son-in-law to the king; and Saul giveth to him Michal his daughter for a wife.
  • 2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And David sendeth messengers unto Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, saying, `Give up my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself with a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'
  • Hos 3:2 : 2 And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;
  • Matt 14:17 : 17 And they say to him, `We have not here except five loaves, and two fishes.'
  • Gen 24:53 : 53 and the servant taketh out vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and giveth to Rebekah; precious things also he hath given to her brother and to her mother.
  • Gen 29:18 : 18 And Jacob loveth Rachel, and saith, `I serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter:'
  • Gen 31:41 : 41 `This `is' to me twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou changest my hire ten times;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 34:6-11
    6 verses
    89%

    6And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;

    7and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it `is' very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.

    8And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,

    9and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

    10and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade `in' it, and have possessions in it.'

    11And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, `Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;

  • Gen 34:1-4
    4 verses
    86%

    1And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

    2and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

    3and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

    4And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.'

  • Gen 34:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

    14and say unto them, `We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it `is' a reproach to us.

  • Gen 34:16-21
    6 verses
    77%

    16then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;

    17and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'

    18And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;

    19and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

    20And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

    21`These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade `in' it; and the land, lo, `is' wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

  • Gen 38:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16and he turneth aside unto her by the way, and saith, `Come, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee,' (for he hath not known that she `is' his daughter-in-law); and she saith, `What dost thou give to me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

    17and he saith, `I -- I send a kid of the goats from the flock.' And she saith, `Dost thou give a pledge till thou send `it'?'

  • Exod 22:17
    74%

    17if her father utterly refuse to give her to him, money he doth weigh out according to the dowry of virgins.

  • Deut 22:29
    73%

    29then hath the man who is lying with her given to the father of the damsel fifty silverlings, and to him she is for a wife; because that he hath humbled her, he is not able to send her away all his days.

  • Gen 34:26
    73%

    26and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.

  • Gen 30:31
    73%

    31And he saith, `What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;

  • Gen 34:31
    72%

    31And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?'

  • Judg 15:2
    72%

    2and her father saith, I certainly said, that thou didst certainly hate her, and I give her to thy companion; is not her sister -- the young one -- better than she? Let her be, I pray thee, to thee, instead of her.'

  • Gen 24:38
    72%

    38If not -- unto the house of my father thou dost go, and unto my family, and thou hast taken a wife for my son.