Genesis 34:10

10 You can live with us, and the land will be yours. Live here, move about freely in this area, and acquire property here."

Genesis 34:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:10

And ye shall dwell with us
. Peaceably and quietly, not as sojourners only, but as inhabitants:

and the land shall be before you;
to choose what part of it they pleased to dwell in, and which they should have in their own power and possession:

dwell and trade you therein;
in any sort of traffic and commerce the land would admit of, and they should best choose:

and get you possessions therein;
buy houses and land, and enjoy them, they and their posterity; these are the arguments used by Hamor to gain the consent of Jacob and his family that his son might marry Dinah; and the proposals are honourable and generous.

Genesis 34:10 In-Context

8 Hamor told them. "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please let her marry him.

9 Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take ours for yourselves.

10 You can live with us, and the land will be yours. Live here, move about freely in this area, and acquire property here."

11 Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and her brothers, "Do me this favor. I'll give you whatever you ask.

12 Set the price I must pay for the bride and the gift I must give her as high as you want. I'll pay exactly what you tell me. Give me the girl as my wife."