Genesis 34:10-11

Context
34:10 You may live¹ among us, and the land will be open to you.² Live in it, travel freely in it,³ and acquire property in it.”

34:11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s⁴ father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me⁵ I’ll give.⁶

[34:10] ¹tn The imperfect verbal form has a permissive nuance here.

[34:10] ²tn Heb “before you.”

[34:10] ³tn The verb seems to carry the basic meaning “travel about freely,” although the substantival participial form refers to a trader (see E. A. Speiser, “The Verb sh£r in Genesis and Early Hebrew Movements,” BASOR 164 [1961]: 23-28); cf. NIV, NRSV “trade in it.”

[34:11] ⁴tn Heb “her”; the referent (Dinah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[34:11] ⁵tn Heb “whatever you say.”

[34:11] ⁶tn Or “pay.”