Genesis 34:16
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Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours; and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:

Context
The Revenge of Dinah's Brothers
15But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised: 16Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours; and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:17But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.…
Cross References
Genesis 34:15
But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

Genesis 34:17
But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.

Lexicon
Then we will give
וְנָתַ֤נּוּ (wə·nā·ṯan·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

you
לָכֶ֔ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

our daughters
בְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ (bə·nō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

take
נִֽקַּֽח־ (niq·qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

your daughters
בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (bə·nō·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter

for ourselves.
לָ֑נוּ (lā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew

We will dwell
וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ (wə·yā·šaḇ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

among you
אִתְּכֶ֔ם (’it·tə·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

and become
וְהָיִ֖ינוּ (wə·hā·yî·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

one
אֶחָֽד׃ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

people.
לְעַ֥ם (lə·‘am)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock


Additional Translations
Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race.

then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and be one people.

then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;
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