Genesis 34:12-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 Demand of me a high compensation[a] and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Just give the girl to be my wife!”
13 But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 “We cannot do this thing,” they said to them. “Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.
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- Genesis 34:12 Or bride-price, or betrothal present
Genesis 34:12-14
New King James Version
12 Ask me ever so much (A)dowry[a] and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”
13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke (B)deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister. 14 And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is (C)uncircumcised, for (D)that would be a reproach to us.
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- Genesis 34:12 bride-price
Genesis 34:12-14
English Standard Version
12 Ask me for as great a (A)bride-price[a] and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.”
13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for (B)that would be a disgrace to us.
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- Genesis 34:12 Or engagement present
Genesis 34:12-14
King James Version
12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
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