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Genesis 34:23 KJV
Genesis · chapter 34 · verse 23
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.Genesis 34:23 · King James Version
Genesis 34:23 in context
21These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that 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 brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- substanceqinyâncreationH7075 →
- consentʼûwthproperly, to comeH225 →
- cattlemiqnehsomething boughtH4735 →
- beastbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
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Here, 1. Hamor and Shechem gave consent themselves to be circumcised, Gen 34:18, Gen 34:19. To this perhaps they were moved, not only by the strong desire they had to bring about this match, but by what they might have heard of the sacred and honourable intentions of this sign, in the family of Abraham, which, it is…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-24