Catholic Public Domain Version
"Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife.” "
— Genesis 34:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.”
“Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. ”
“Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."”
“You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!””
“Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.”
“However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.”
“Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.”
And let us celebrate marriages with one with another. Give us your daughters, and receive our daughters.
And live with us. The land is in your power: cultivate, trade, and possess it.”
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.
Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife.”
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister:
“We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.
But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.