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Genesis 34:12 KJV
Genesis · chapter 34 · verse 12
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.Genesis 34:12 · King James Version
Genesis 34:12 in context
10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
11And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- damselnaʻărâha girlH5291 →
- dowrymôhara priceH4119 →
- muchmᵉʼôdproperly, vehemenceH3966 →
- giftmattâna presentH4976 →
- givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- Askrâbâhto increaseH7235 →
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Jacob's sons, when they heard of the injury done to Dinah, showed a very great resentment of it, influenced perhaps rather by jealousy for the honour of their family than by a sense of virtue. Many are concerned at the shamefulness of sin that never lay to heart the sinfulness of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-17