Genesis 34 · Verse 9

Genesis 34:9

And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
Genesis 34:9, King James Version

Genesis 34:9 in other translations

BSBIntermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.
WEBMake marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
ASVAnd make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
YLTand join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,
DARBYAnd make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
BBEAnd let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
WebsterAnd make ye marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

What does Genesis 34:9 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 34:9 in the original Hebrew

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וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּve.hit.cha.te.Nuand intermarry withH2859
אֹתָ֑נוּ'o.Ta.nuwith <the> usH854
בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙be.no.tei.Khemdaughters yourH1323
תִּתְּנוּ\־ti.te.nu-you will giveH5414
לָ֔נוּLa.nuto <the> us
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּbe.no.Tei.nudaughters ourH1323
תִּקְח֥וּtik.Chuyou will takeH3947
לָכֶֽם\׃la.Khemfor <the> yourselves

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

Cross references for Genesis 34:9

  • Deuteronomy 7:3

    Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.

  • Genesis 24:3

    And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

  • Genesis 6:2

    That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

  • Genesis 26:34-35

    And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

  • Genesis 19:14

    And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

  • Genesis 27:46

    And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me?

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6:2; 19:14; 24:3; 26:34,35; 27:46; De 7:3

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Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Genesis 34:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y emparentad con nosotros; dadnos vuestras hijas, y tomad vosotros las nuestras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et alliez-vous avec nous: donnez-nous vos filles, et prenez nos filles pour vous,
German
Elberfelder 1871		und verschwägert euch mit uns: gebet uns eure Töchter und nehmet euch unsere Töchter;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et jungamus vicissim connubia: filias vestras tradite nobis, et filias nostras accipite,