Genesis 34:9 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Let's join our families together through marriage, give us your daughters as wives, and you can marry our daughters too.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse shows Hamor proposing that his people and Jacob's family should intermarry and become one people through marriage relationships.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is from the story of Dinah in Genesis 34, where Shechem, a prince of the Hivites, had taken Dinah, Jacob's daughter, by force and now seeks to marry her. Hamor, Shechem's father, proposes intermarriage between their families as a way to resolve the conflict and form an alliance. This reflects ancient Near Eastern customs of sealing pacts through marriage, but it occurs amid cultural and moral tensions between Jacob's descendants and the local tribes.

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