Verse List for GEN 34:21

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OET (OET-RV) “These men are peaceful towards us, so let them settle in the land, and let them trade in it. And look, the land is plenty wide enough for them as well. We can take their daughters for ourselves as wives, and we can give our daughters to them to marry.

OET-LV The_men the_these are_at _peace they with_us and_let _them _dwell in/on _the_earth and_let _them _go _about _in DOM_her/it and_the_earth THERE is_broad _of both _sides before_them DOM daughters _of_their we _will _take to/for_us to_wives and_DOM daughters _of_our we _will _give to/for_them.

ULT “These men, are peaceful with us, so let them settle in the land, and let them trade in it. And behold, the land, is broad of hands before them. We can take their daughters for ourselves as wives, and we can give our daughters to them.

UST “These people are friendly toward us, so let’s allow them to live in our land and trade freely here. After all, there is more than enough space in the land for them too. Besides that, then our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry our daughters.

BSB & MSB “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, [it] is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.

OEB ‘These men are peaceably disposed toward us, let them remain in the land and go about in it; the land is broad enough for them on every side and in every direction; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

WEBBE & WMBB “These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters.

NET “These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.

LSV “These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, behold, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

FBV “These men are our friends,” they told them. “Let's have them live here in our country and allow them to go wherever they want—it's big enough for all of them too. We can take their daughters as wives, and we can give our daughters to them to marry.

T4T “These men are friendly toward us. We should let them live here and travel around (OR, buy and sell things) and if they find land that they want, they can buy it. There is plenty of land for them to live here. Our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry our daughters.

LEB “These men are at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and let them trade in it. Now, behold, the land is _⌊broad enough for them_⌋.[fn] Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give our daughters to them.

BBE It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

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JPS 'These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

ASV These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

DRA These men are peaceable and willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours.

YLT 'These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, lo, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

Drby These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land — behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their daughters as wives, and give them our daughters.

RV These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

SLT These men they are living peacefully with us, and they shall dwell in the land, and traffic in it; and the land, behold, being broad to the hands before them: we will take their daughters to us for wives, and give our daughters to them.

Wbstr These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein: for the land, behold, it is large enough for them: let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

KJB-1769 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

KJB-1611 These men are peaceable with vs, therefore let them dwel in the land, and trade therein: for the land, behold, it is large enough for them: let vs take their daughters to vs for wiues, and let vs giue them our daughters.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps These men lyue peaceably among vs, and dwell in the lande, and do theyr occupation therein: and beholde, the lande is large inough for them, we will take their daughters to wiues, & geue them our daughters.
(These men live peaceably among us, and dwell in the land, and do their occupation therein: and behold, the land is large enough for them, we will take their daughters to wives, and give them our daughters.)

Gnva These men are peaceable with vs: and that they may dwell in the land, and doe their affaires therin (for behold, the land hath roume ynough for them) let vs take their daughters to wiues, and giue them our daughters.
(These men are peaceable with us: and that they may dwell in the land, and do their affairs therein (for behold, the land hath/has room enough for them) let us take their daughters to wives, and give them our daughters.)

Cvdl These men are peaceable with vs, and will dwell in the lande and occupye: now is the londe brode of both the sydes, we wyl take their doughters vnto vs, and geue them oure doughters.
(These men are peaceable with us, and will dwell in the land and occupye: now is the land broad of both the sides, we will take their daughters unto us, and give them our daughters.)

Wycl These men ben pesible, and wolen dwelle with vs; make thei marchaundie in the loond, and tile thei it, which is large and brood, and hath nede to tileris; we schulen take her douytris to wyues, and we schulen yyue oure douytris to hem.
(These men been peaceable, and woollen dwell with us; make they merchandise in the land, and tile they it, which is large and brood, and hath/has need to tileris; we should take her daughters to wives, and we should give our daughters to hem.)

Luth Diese Leute sind friedsam bei uns und wollen im Lande wohnen und werben, so ist nun das Land weit genug für sie; wir wollen uns ihre Töchter zu Weibern nehmen und ihnen unsere Töchter geben.
(This/These people/folk are peaceful at/in us/to_us/ourselves and want in_the land live/reside and werben, so is now the country far enough for/in_favour_of they/she/them; we/us want us/to_us/ourselves their/her daughters to/for women take and to_them our daughters give.)

ClVg Viri isti pacifici sunt, et volunt habitare nobiscum: negotientur in terra, et exerceant eam, quæ spatiosa et lata cultoribus indiget: filias eorum accipiemus uxores, et nostras illis dabimus.
(Men these peaceful are, and they_want to_live with_us: negotientur in/into/on earth/land, and exerceant her, which spacious and wide cultoribus needs: daughters their be_acceptedemus wives, and ours to_them we_will_give.)

UHB הָ⁠אֲנָשִׁ֨ים הָ⁠אֵ֜לֶּה שְֽׁלֵמִ֧ים הֵ֣ם אִתָּ֗⁠נוּ וְ⁠יֵשְׁב֤וּ בָ⁠אָ֨רֶץ֙ וְ⁠יִסְחֲר֣וּ אֹתָ֔⁠הּ וְ⁠הָ⁠אָ֛רֶץ הִנֵּ֥ה רַֽחֲבַת־יָדַ֖יִם לִ⁠פְנֵי⁠הֶ֑ם אֶת־בְּנֹתָ⁠ם֙ נִקַּֽח־לָ֣⁠נוּ לְ⁠נָשִׁ֔ים וְ⁠אֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֖י⁠נוּ נִתֵּ֥ן לָ⁠הֶֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX Οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὗτοι εἰρήνικοί εἰσι, μεθʼ ἡμῶν οἰκείτωσαν επὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐμπορευέσθωσαν αὐτήν· ἡ δὲ γῆ ἰδοὺ πλατεῖα ἐναντίον αὐτῶν· τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτῶν ληψόμεθα ἡμῖν γυναῖκας, καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας ἡμῶν δώσομεν αὐτοῖς.

BrTr These men are peaceable, let them dwell with us upon the land, and let them trade in it, and behold the land is extensive before them; we will take their daughters to us for wives, and we will give them our daughters.