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Genesis 34:12

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

KJV

augete dotem, et munera postulate, et libenter tribuam quod petieritis : tantum date mihi puellam hanc uxorem.

Vulgate

πληθύνατε τὴν φερνὴν σφόδρα, καὶ δώσω καθότι ἂν εἴπητέ μοι, καὶ δώσετέ μοι τὴν παῖδα ταύτην εἰς γυναῖκα.

LXX

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

ASV

הַרְבּ֨וּ עָלַ֤/י מְאֹד֙ מֹ֣הַר וּ/מַתָּ֔ן וְ/אֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֹּאמְר֖וּ אֵלָ֑/י וּ/תְנוּ לִ֥/י אֶת הַֽ/נַּעֲרָ֖ לְ/אִשָּֽׁה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מַתָּ֣ן
mtn
noun · 5×
מֹ֔הַר
mhr
noun · 3×
נער
n'r
noun · 75×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 18:25 — And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the
  • Exod 22:16 — And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
  • Exod 22:17 — If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
  • Gen 29:18 — And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
  • Hos 3:2 — So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: