Genesis 34:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.”

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BSBPD

“Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Genesis 34:16 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 28:1So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded.

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