Kejadian 34:12

34:12 You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, ¹  and I’ll give ²  whatever you ask ³  of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

Ulangan 22:29

22:29 The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives.

Ulangan 22:1

Laws Concerning Preservation of Life

22:1 When you see ⁴  your neighbor’s ⁵  ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; ⁶  you must return it without fail ⁷  to your neighbor.

1 Samuel 18:25

18:25 Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his ⁸  enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

[34:12]  ¹ tn 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.

[34:12]  ² tn The cohortative expresses Shechem’s resolve to have Dinah as his wife.

[34:12]  ³ tn Heb “say.”

[22:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “you must not see,” but, if translated literally into English, the statement is misleading.

[22:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “brother’s” (also later in this verse). In this context it is not limited to one’s siblings, however; cf. NAB “your kinsman’s.”

[22:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “hide yourself.”

[22:1]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with the words “without fail.”

[18:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “the king’s.”