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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.
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A Deceitful Proposal
Commentators emphasize that this proposal by Jacob's sons was entirely deceitful. While their words offered a complete social and political merger, becoming 'one people' through intermarriage, their true intention was to exact revenge for the assault on their sister, Dinah. This offer was a strategic lie to make the men of Shechem vulnerable.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.
(Genesis 34:1–5)
Dinah went out to see the daught…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then will we give our daughters unto you Meaning Dinah, whom they call their daughter, (Genesis 34:17) ;…
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