23their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts — are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'


In Context

20 And Hamor cometh — Shechem his son also — unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

21 These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade in it; and the land, lo, is wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

22 'Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

23 their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts — are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'

24 And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.

25 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

Genesis 34:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:23[Shall] not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:23Won't their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us give our consent to them, and they will settle among us."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:23And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours: only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:23Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:23Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:23Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:23Will not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:23Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:23Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be our's? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.