Genesis 34:9 meaning and explanation

Intermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.

Genesis 34:9, Berean Standard Bible

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Hamor, prince of Shechem, speaks to Jacob and his sons after his son Shechem has violated Dinah. He has come to arrange a marriage and now proposes a wider treaty: the two families should intermarry and merge, with Jacob's clan settling and trading freely in the land.

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