11 Shechem also said unto her father and unto her brethren, [a]Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give whatsoever ye shall appoint me.

12 [b]Ask of me abundantly both dowry, and gifts, and I will give as ye appoint me, so that ye give me the maid to wife.

13 Then the sons of Jacob answered, Shechem and Hamor his father, talking deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister:

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 34:11 Or, grant my request.
  2. Genesis 34:12 Hebrew, multiply greatly the dowry.

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