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Genesis 34:12

“Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!””
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10You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

11Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

12Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

13But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

14“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

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