NET Bible
"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!”"
— Genesis 34:12, NET Bible
“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."”
“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.”
Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.
You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”
Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers,“Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me I’ll give.
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!”
Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.
We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.