Chuàngshìjì 34:20

20 Hāmā hé tā érzi Shìjiàn dào bĕn chéng de ménkǒu , duì bĕn chéng de rén shuō ,

Chuàngshìjì 34:20 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:20

And Hamor and Shechem his son went unto the gate of their
city
Where courts of judicature were held, and all public affairs respecting the common interest of the city were transacted: here, no doubt, Hamor their prince summoned them to come, by the usual method in which the citizens were convened on certain occasions: and communed with the men of their city;
upon the subject of entering into an alliance with Jacob's family, of admitting them to be fellow citizens with them, and of their being incorporated among them, and becoming one people with them, taking no notice of the true reason of this motion: saying,
as follows.

Chuàngshìjì 34:20 In-Context

18 Hāmā hé tāde érzi Shìjiàn xǐhuan zhè huà .

19 Nà shàonián rén zuò zhè shì bìng bù chíyán , yīnwei tā xǐaì Yǎgè de nǚér . tā zaì tā fùqin jiā zhōng yĕ shì rén zuì zūnzhòng de .

20 Hāmā hé tā érzi Shìjiàn dào bĕn chéng de ménkǒu , duì bĕn chéng de rén shuō ,

21 Zhèxie rén yǔ wǒmen hémù , bú rú xǔ tāmen zaì zhè dì jūzhù , zuò mǎimaì . zhè dì yĕ kuānkuò , zú kè róng xià tāmen . wǒmen kĕyǐ qǔ tāmende nǚér wéi qì , yĕ kĕyǐ bǎ wǒmen de nǚér jià gĕi tāmen .

22 Wéiyǒu yī jiàn shì wǒmen bìxū zuò , tāmen cái kĕn yīngyún hé wǒmen tóng zhù , chéngwéi yíyàng de rénmín , jiù shì wǒmen zhōngjiān suǒyǒude nán dīng dōu yà shòu gēlǐ , hé tāmen yíyàng .