The Meaning of Genesis 34:16 Explained

Genesis 34:16

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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;

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

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Genesis 34:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Genesis 34:1-17 - Jacob With The Shechemites
Jacob was tempted by the fat pastures of Shechem, without thought or care of the character of its people, and he lived to bitterly rue his choice. How many religious parents have made the same mistake! They first encamp near the world, pitching their tent doors in that direction; then they buy a parcel of land, and finally their children contract alliances that end in shame and disaster. He who came of a pilgrim race, and to whom the whole land had been given by promise, bought real estate right against Shechem, one of the worst cities in the country. Like Lot, Jacob bid high for wealth and worldly advancement, risked the highest for the lowest, and was saved as by fire. Poor Dinah! Yet she was more sinned against than sinning. Jacob had put her in jeopardy by his selfish policy; and Leah was not blameless, for she had let her go unwarned and unaccompanied into the middle of that furnace of trial. [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 34

1  Dinah is ravished by Shechem
4  He requests to marry her
13  The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites
20  Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it
25  The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil their city
30  Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi

What do the individual words in Genesis 34:16 mean?

Then will we give - our daughters to you and your daughters we will take to us and we will dwell with you and we will become people one
וְנָתַ֤נּוּ אֶת־ בְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ לָכֶ֔ם וְאֶת־ בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם נִֽקַּֽח־ לָ֑נוּ וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ אִתְּכֶ֔ם וְהָיִ֖ינוּ לְעַ֥ם אֶחָֽד

וְנָתַ֤נּוּ  Then  will  we  give 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common plural
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
בְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙  our  daughters 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
לָכֶ֔ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם  your  daughters 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
נִֽקַּֽח־  we  will  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
לָ֑נוּ  to  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ  and  we  will  dwell 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
אִתְּכֶ֔ם  with  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
וְהָיִ֖ינוּ  and  we  will  become 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְעַ֥ם  people 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
אֶחָֽד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).

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