Genesis 34:12
ContextNET © | You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, 1 and I’ll give 2 whatever you ask 3 of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!” |
NIV © | Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the girl as my wife." |
NASB © | "Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage." |
NLT © | No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will pay it––only give me the girl as my wife." |
MSG © | Set the bridal price as high as you will--the sky's the limit! Only give me this girl for my wife." |
BBE © | However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife. |
NRSV © | Put the marriage present and gift as high as you like, and I will give whatever you ask me; only give me the girl to be my wife." |
NKJV © | "Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife." |
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NET © | You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, 1 and I’ll give 2 whatever you ask 3 of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!” |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Make very great upon me the bride price and gift.” The imperatives are used in a rhetorical manner. Shechem’s point is that he will pay the price, no matter how expensive it might be. 2 tn The cohortative expresses Shechem’s resolve to have Dinah as his wife. 3 tn Heb “say.” |