12Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.|


In Context

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

10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.|

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, |Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.

12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.|

13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

14 and said to them, |We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

Genesis 34:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I'll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the girl as my wife."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Raise the dowery,, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:12Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:12Ask me never so much dower and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me: but give me the damsel for a wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:12multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say to me: but give me the damsel to wife.