Genesis 34:11

11 Shechem then spoke for himself, addressing Dinah's father and brothers: "Please, say yes. I'll pay anything.

Genesis 34:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:11

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.

Genesis 34:11 In-Context

9 Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and we'll give our daughters to you.
10 Live together with us as one family. Settle down among us and make yourselves at home. Prosper among us."
11 Shechem then spoke for himself, addressing Dinah's father and brothers: "Please, say yes. I'll pay anything.
12 Set the bridal price as high as you will - the sky's the limit! Only give me this girl for my wife."
13 Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father with cunning. Their sister, after all, had been raped.
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