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Genesis 34:12

NETBible	You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive,¹ and I’ll give² whatever you ask³ of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”
NIV © biblegateway Gen 34:12	Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the girl as my wife."
NASB © biblegateway Gen 34:12	"Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage."
NLT © biblegateway Gen 34:12	No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will pay it––only give me the girl as my wife."
MSG © biblegateway Gen 34:12	Set the bridal price as high as you will--the sky's the limit! Only give me this girl for my wife."
BBE © SABDAweb Gen 34:12	However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.
NRSV © bibleoremus Gen 34:12	Put the marriage present and gift as high as you like, and I will give whatever you ask me; only give me the girl to be my wife."
NKJV © biblegateway Gen 34:12	"Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife."
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KJV	Ask <07235> (8685) me never so much <03966> dowry <04119> and gift <04976>_, and I will give <05414> (8799) according as ye shall say <0559> (8799) unto me: but give <05414> (8798) me the damsel <05291> to wife <0802>_.
NASB © biblegateway Gen 34:12	"Ask <07235> me ever so <03966> much <07235> <3966> bridal <04119> payment <04119> and gift <04976> , and I will give <05414> according as you say <0559> to me; but give <05414> me the girl <05291> in marriage <0802> ."
LXXM	plhyunate <4129> V-AAD-2P thn <3588> T-ASF fernhn {N-ASF} sfodra <4970> ADV kai <2532> CONJ dwsw <1325> V-FAI-1S kayoti <2530> ADV an <302> PRT eiphte {V-AAS-2P} moi <1473> P-DS kai <2532> CONJ dwsete <1325> V-FAI-2P moi <1473> P-DS thn <3588> T-ASF paida <3816> N-ASM tauthn <3778> D-ASF eiv <1519> PREP gunaika <1135> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	You can make the bride price <04119> and the gift <04976> I must bring <07235> very <03966> expensive <07235> , and I’ll give <05414> whatever <0834> you ask <0559> of <0413> me. Just give <05414> me the young woman <05291> as my wife <0802> !”
HEBREW	hsal <0802> renh <05291> ta <0853> yl <0> wntw <05414> yla <0413> wrmat <0559> rsak <0834> hntaw <05414> Ntmw <04976> rhm <04119> dam <03966> yle <05921> wbrh (34:12) <07235>

NETBible

You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive,¹ and I’ll give² whatever you ask³ of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “Make very great upon me the bride price and gift.” The imperatives are used in a rhetorical manner. Shechem’s point is that he will pay the price, no matter how expensive it might be.

²tn The cohortative expresses Shechem’s resolve to have Dinah as his wife.

³tn Heb “say.”