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Genesis 34:16

In Genesis 34 of Genesis.

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.

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וְנָתַ֤נּוּvenatanvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּנֹתֵ֨ינוּ֙benoteynvdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.לָכֶ֔םlakhemtoלָכֶ֔םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toוְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖םbenoteykhemdaughterבַּתnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “daughter”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.נִֽקַּֽחniqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, plural — “take”, an unfinished actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.לָ֑נוּlanvtoלָ֑נוּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “to”toוְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּveyashavnvand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and dwell”, a completed action in a sequenceH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…אִתְּכֶ֔םitkhemamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.וְהָיִ֖ינוּvehayinvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לְעַ֥םleamto peopleעַםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.אֶחָֽדechadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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;

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and be one people.

Douay-Rheims

Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ δώσομεν τὰς θυγατέρας ἡμῶν ὑμῖν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν θυγατέρων ὑμῶν ληψόμεθα ἡμῖν γυναῖκας, καὶ οἰκήσομεν παρʼ ὑμῖν, καὶ ἐσόμεθα ὡς γένος ἕν.

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