Genesis - 34:11



11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 34:11.

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And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favor in your sight: and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give.
And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes; and what ye shall say to me I will give.
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;
And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.
And Shechem even said to her father and to her brothers: "May I find favor in your sight, and whatever you will appoint, I will give.
Adhaec dixit Sechem ad patrem ejus, et ad fratres ejus, Inveniam gratiam in oculis vestris: et quod dixeritis mihi, dabo.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren,.... To the father and brethren of Dinah; he addressed them after his father Hamor had done speaking:
let me find grace in your eyes; forgive the offence committed, the injury done to Dinah, and grant the request of her marriage, and it will be considered as a great favour:
and what ye shall say unto me, I will give; to her, to her parents, to her brethren and relations; let what will be fixed, shall be given; which showed great affection for her, and that he was willing to do any thing to make amends for the injury done; he cared not what it was that might be demanded of him, so be it that she became his wife.

Shechem said unto her father . . . and brethren--The consideration of the proposal for marriage belonged to Jacob, and he certainly showed great weakness in yielding so much to the fiery impetuosity of his sons. The sequel shows the unhappy consequences of that concession.

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