Genesis 34 · Verse 10

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.
Genesis 34:10, King James Version

Genesis 34:10 in other translations

BSBYou may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
WEBYou shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”
ASVAnd ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
YLTand with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade in it, and have possessions in it.'
DARBYAnd dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves possessions in it.
BBEGo on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.
WebsterAnd ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

What does Genesis 34:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 34:8-10

8-10. Hamor communed with them--The prince and his son seem at first sight to have acted honestly, and our feelings are enlisted on their side. They betray no jealousy of the powerful shepherds; on the contrary, they show every desire to establish friendly intercourse. But their conduct was unjustifiable in neither expressing regret nor restoring Dinah to her family; and this great error was the true cause of the…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 34:1-19

Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children…

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Genesis 34:10 in the original Hebrew

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וְאִתָּ֖נוּve.'i.Ta.nuand with usH854
תֵּשֵׁ֑בוּte.She.vuyou will dwellH3427
וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ve.ha.'A.retzand the landH776
תִּהְיֶ֣הtih.Yehit will beH1961
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔םlif.nei.Khem<to> before youH6440
שְׁבוּ֙she.VudwellH3427
וּסְחָר֔וּהָu.se.cha.Ru.haand go about in itH5503
וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּve.he.'a.cha.Zuand have possessionsH270
בָּֽהּ\׃Bahin <the> it

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 34:10

  • Genesis 47:27

    And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.

  • Genesis 13:9

    Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

  • Genesis 42:34

    And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

  • Genesis 20:15

    And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.

  • Genesis 34:21-23

    These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

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and the land.
21-23; 13:9; 20:15; 42:34; 47:27

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Context

  • Genesis 34:9

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

  • 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.

  • 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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Genesis 34:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y habitad con nosotros; porque la tierra estará delante de vosotros; morad y negociad en ella, y tomad en ella posesión.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et habitez avec nous, et le pays sera devant vous; habitez-y, et trafiquez, et ayez-y des possessions.
German
Elberfelder 1871		und wohnet bei uns, und das Land soll vor euch sein: wohnet und verkehret darin, und machet euch darin ansässig.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et habitate nobiscum: terra in potestate vestra est: exercete, negotiamini, et possidete eam.