Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

New American Standard Bible

Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

King James Version

And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and take our sons for yourselves.

A Conservative Version

And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

American Standard Version

And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

Amplified

And [beyond that] intermarry with us; give your daughters to us [as wives] and take our daughters for yourselves.

Darby Translation

And make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

Julia Smith Translation

And contract ye marriages with us; ye shall give your daughters to us, and ye shall take our daughters to you.

King James 2000

And make marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

And you make marriages with us, giving your daughters to us, and taking our daughters to you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and make marriages with us: give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you,

NET Bible

Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

And exchange ye daughters with us in marriage, - your daughters, shall ye give to us, and our daughters, shall ye take to you.

Webster

And make ye marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חתן 
Chathan 
Usage: 28

with us, and give
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

unto us, and take
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

References

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

The Rape Of Dinah And The Massacre At Shechem

8 But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife? 9 And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

Cross References

Genesis 6:2

The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.

Genesis 19:14

And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

Genesis 24:3

And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;

Genesis 26:34-35

And when Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

Genesis 27:46

Then Rebekah said to Isaac, My life is a weariness to me because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob takes a wife from among the daughters of Heth, such as these, the women of this land, of what use will my life be to me?

Deuteronomy 7:3

Do not take wives or husbands from among them; do not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons.

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