Genesis 34:21
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.
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Gill's Exposition
Only herein will the men consent unto us,.... The only term or condition insisted upon, to come into an alliance and affinity with us, and
for to dwell with us, to be one people, to become one body…
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