Genesis 34:23 meaning and explanation
Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
Genesis 34:23, Berean Standard Bible
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Hamor and Shechem are persuading the men of their city to accept Jacob's family's circumcision demand. Their argument is not moral but economic: if the Israelites settle among them, their livestock, possessions and animals will become ours.
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