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An Offer of Assimilation
Commentators explain that Hamor's proposal for intermarriage was a comprehensive offer for a political and economic alliance. He invited Jacob's family to become one people with the Shechemites, sharing land, trade, and property rights, presenting it as a way to make full amends for the assault on Dinah.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 34:1–31
18th Century
Theologian
This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.
Dinah went out to see the daught…
Charles Ellicott
On Genesis 34:1–31
19th Century
Bishop
John Gill
On Genesis 34:9
17th Century
Pastor
And make ye marriages with us
There was no objection on their side, it lay on the other; Abraham's servant was charg…
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Matthew Henry
On Genesis 34:1–19
17th Century
Minister
Young people, especially females, are never safer or better off than under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and dec…