Genesis - 34:10

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

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 34:10.

Differing Translations

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And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade,and possess it.
And dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves possessions in it.
and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade in it, and have possessions in it.'
Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.
And live with us. The land is in your power: cultivate, trade, and possess it."
Et nobiscum habitabitis, et terra erit coram vibis, habitate, et negotiamini in ea, et possessiones acquirite in ea.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And ye shall dwell with us,..... Peaceably and quietly, not as sojourners only, but as inhabitants:
and the land shall be before you; to choose what part of it they pleased to dwell in, and which they should have in their own power and possession:
dwell and trade you therein; in any sort of traffic and commerce the land would admit of, and they should best choose:
and get you possessions therein; buy houses and land, and enjoy them, they and their posterity; these are the arguments used by Hamor to gain the consent of Jacob and his family that his son might marry Dinah; and the proposals are honourable and generous.

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