Génesis 34:16

16 entonces os daremos nuestras hijas, y tomaremos nosotros las vuestras; y habitaremos con vosotros, y seremos un pueblo

Génesis 34:16 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:16

Then will we give our daughters unto you
Meaning Dinah, whom they call their daughter, ( Genesis 34:17 ) ; because she was the daughter of their family, and because they were entreating in the name of their father, and in conformity to the language used by those they were treating with, ( Genesis 34:9 ) ; and we will take your daughters to us;
in marriage for wives: and we will dwell with you;
not as sojourners but as fellow citizens: and we will become one people;
being so nearly related by marriage, and professing one religion, alike submitting to circumcision, which was the distinguished badge of Abraham's seed.

Génesis 34:16 In-Context

14 Y les dijeron: No podemos hacer esto de dar nuestra hermana a hombre que tiene prepucio; porque entre nosotros es abominación

15 Mas con esta condición os haremos placer; si habéis de ser como nosotros, que se circuncide entre vosotros todo varón

16 entonces os daremos nuestras hijas, y tomaremos nosotros las vuestras; y habitaremos con vosotros, y seremos un pueblo

17 Mas si no nos prestareis oído para circuncidaros, tomaremos nuestra hija, y nos iremos

18 Y parecieron bien sus palabras a Hamor y a Siquem, hijo de Hamor