Genesis 34:10

10 You shall dwell with us and the land shall be before you; settle and trade in it, and acquire [property] in it."

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 And Hamor spoke with them saying, "Shechem my son {is in love with} your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.

9 Make marriages with us. Give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 You shall dwell with us and the land shall be before you; settle and trade in it, and acquire [property] in it."

11 Then Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will do.

12 {Make the bride price and gift as high as you like}; I will give what you say to me. But give me the girl as a wife."