Gênesis 34:9

9 Também aparentai-vos conosco; dai-nos as vossas filhas e recebei as nossas.

Gênesis 34:9 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:9

And make ye marriages with us
There was no objection on their side, it lay on the other; Abraham's servant was charged by him not to take a wife of the Canaanites to his son Isaac; and the same charge was given Jacob by Isaac, ( Genesis 24:3 ) ( 28:1 ) ; and therefore Jacob would never agree that his children should marry any of that nation; and marriages with them were afterwards forbidden by the law of Moses, ( Deuteronomy 7:3 ) ;

[and] give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you;
for though at present there were no other daughters in Jacob's family, yet there might be hereafter; and the request is, that for the future there might be intermarriages between them, as would be practicable in a course of time.

Gênesis 34:9 In-Context

7 Os filhos de Jacó, pois, vieram do campo logo que souberam do caso; e entristeceram-se e iraram-se muito, porque Siquém havia cometido uma insensatez em Israel, deitando-se com a filha de Jacó, coisa que não se devia fazer.

8 Então falou Hamor com eles, dizendo: A alma de meu filho Siquém afeiçoou-se fortemente a vossa filha; dai-lha, peço-vos, por mulher.

9 Também aparentai-vos conosco; dai-nos as vossas filhas e recebei as nossas.

10 Assim habitareis conosco; a terra estará diante de vós; habitai e negociai nela, e nela adquiri propriedades.

11 Depois disse Siquém ao pai e aos irmãos dela: Ache eu graça aos vossos olhos, e darei o que me disserdes;