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Genesis 34:23

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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.Select Genesis 34:21

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.Select Genesis 34:22

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.Select Genesis 34:23

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.Select Genesis 34:24

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.Select Genesis 34:25

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34:23 Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”

ASV

34:23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

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