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Genesis 34:23

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

KJV

Et substantia eorum, et pecora, et cuncta quæ possident, nostra erunt : tantum in hoc acquiescamus, et habitantes simul, unum efficiemus populum.

Vulgate

καὶ τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ τὰ τετράποδα αὐτῶν οὐχ ἡμῶν ἔσται; μόνον ἐν τούτῳ ὁμοιωθῶμεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ οἰκήσουσιν μεθ’ ἡμῶν.

LXX

Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

ASV

מִקְנֵ/הֶ֤ם וְ/קִנְיָנָ/ם֙ וְ/כָל בְּהֶמְתָּ֔/ם הֲ/ל֥וֹא לָ֖/נוּ הֵ֑ם אַ֚ךְ נֵא֣וֹתָה לָ/הֶ֔ם וְ/יֵשְׁב֖וּ אִתָּֽ/נוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אַךְ
'k
adverb · 158×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הוּ
hv
noun · 76×
וֹ
v
noun · 10×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יֵּאֹ֖תוּ
y'tv
verb · 4×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all