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.'


In Context

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

10 and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade in it, and have possessions in it.'

11 And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, 'Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;

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

13 And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

14 and say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:12Ask 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.|

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.