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Genesis 34:9

In Genesis 34 of Genesis.

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

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וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּvehitchatnvand join in affinityחָתַןconjunction, verb, hithpael, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and join in affinity”, a commandH2859to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriagejoin in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.אֹתָ֑נוּotanvobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “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).בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙benoteykhemdaughterבַּתnoun, 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.תִּתְּנוּtitnvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to 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…לָ֔נוּlanvtoלָ֔נוּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, 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).בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּbenoteynvdaughterבַּתnoun, 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.תִּקְח֥וּtiqchvtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, 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.לָכֶֽםlakhemtoלָכֶֽםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

World English Bible

Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

Darby Translation

And make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

Douay-Rheims

And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters and take you our daughters,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐπιγαμβρεύσασθε ἡμῖν· τὰς θυγατέρας ὑμῶν δότε ἡμῖν, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ἡμῶν λάβετε τοῖς υἱοῖς ὑμῶν.

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