The Meaning of Genesis 34:9 Explained

Genesis 34:9

KJV: And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

YLT: and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

Darby: And make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

ASV: And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Genesis 34:9?

MEANING: What does Genesis 34:9 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Genesis 34:9 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Genesis 34:9?

What is the context of Genesis 34:9?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

What does Genesis 34:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 34:1-17 - Jacob With The Shechemites

Jacob was tempted by the fat pastures of Shechem, without thought or care of the character of its people, and he lived to bitterly rue his choice. How many religious parents have made the same mistake! They first encamp near the world, pitching their tent doors in that direction; then they buy a parcel of land, and finally their children contract alliances that end in shame and disaster. He who came of a pilgrim race, and to whom the whole land had been given by promise, bought real estate right against Shechem, one of the worst cities in the country. Like Lot, Jacob bid high for wealth and worldly advancement, risked the highest for the lowest, and was saved as by fire. Poor Dinah! Yet she was more sinned against than sinning. Jacob had put her in jeopardy by his selfish policy; and Leah was not blameless, for she had let her go unwarned and unaccompanied into the middle of that furnace of trial. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 34

¹ Dinah is ravished by Shechem
⁴ He requests to marry her
¹³ The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites
²⁰ Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it
²⁵ The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil their city
³⁰ Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi

What do the individual words in Genesis 34:9 mean?

And make marriages with us your daughters give to us and our daughters take to yourselves

וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּ אֹתָ֑נוּ בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ תִּתְּנוּ־ לָ֔נוּ וְאֶת־ בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ תִּקְח֥וּ לָכֶֽם

וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּ	And make marriages
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Imperative, masculine plural Root: חָתַן Sense: to become a son-in-law, make oneself a daughter’s husband.
אֹתָ֑נוּ	with us
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural Root: אֵת Sense: with, near, together with.
בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙	your daughters
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
תִּתְּנוּ־	give
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set.
לָ֔נוּ	to us
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ	our daughters
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common plural Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
תִּקְח֥וּ	take
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
לָכֶֽם	to yourselves
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural

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