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Then we will giveוְנָתַנּוּour daughtersאֶת בְּנֹתֵינוּto you,לָכֶםand your daughtersוְאֶת בְּנֹתֵיכֶםwe will takeנִקַּחfor ourselves,לָנוּand we will dwellוְיָשַׁבְנוּwith youאִתְּכֶםand becomeוְהָיִינוּoneאֶחָדpeople.לְעַם
Genesis 34:16
Study it in the app“Then we will give our daughters to you, and your daughters we will take for ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:16, word by word
- Then we will giveנָתַנּוּnatanu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natanu” appears- our daughtersבְּנֹתֵיbenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benote” appears- we will takeנִקַּחnikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “nikach” appears- and we will dwellיָשַׁבְנוּyashavnu
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yashavnu” appears- and becomeהָיִינוּhayinu
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “hayinu” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
united
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears- peopleעַםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
15Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you become like us, by circumcising every male among you.
16 · This verse (above)
17But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.”
To study Genesis 34 in a group
1. What it says
What did Simeon and Levi do after what happened to Dinah (vv. 25-26)?
2. What it means
Why was Jacob upset with them, and what did his sons answer (vv. 30-31)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond to an injustice without paying back harm?