Study it in the app““These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land, look, is spacious enough for them. Their daughters we will take for ourselves as wives, and our daughters we will give to them.”
“Theseהָאֵלֶּהmenהָאֲנָשִׁיםareהֵםat peaceשְׁלֵמִיםwith us;אִתָּנוּlet them dwellוְיֵשְׁבוּin the landבָאָרֶץand tradeוְיִסְחֲרוּin it,אֹתָהּfor the land,וְהָאָרֶץlook,הִנֵּהis spacious enoughרַחֲבַת יָדַיִםfor them.לִפְנֵיהֶםTheir daughtersאֶת בְּנֹתָםwe will takeנִקַּחfor ourselvesלָנוּas wives,לְנָשִׁיםand our daughtersוְאֶת בְּנֹתֵינוּwe will giveנִתֵּןto them.לָהֶם
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearssafe
In good order, without harm or danger.
Where else “shelemim” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearstrade
To travel about selling; the seller.
Where else “yischaru” appearsbroad, wide
Broad, wide, roomy. "Broad on both hands": spacious on every side.
Where else “rachavat” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadayim” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsdaughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “benota” appearstake a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “nikach” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “niten” appears20So Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
21 · This verse (above)
22Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people: when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.
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?
