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Genesis 34:9

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And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

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  1. Genesis 34:7

    And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

  2. Genesis 34:8

    And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

  3. Genesis 34:10

    And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

  4. Genesis 34:11

    And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

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