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John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 34:23

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Shall not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, [be] ours? etc.] Which would in course come into their families in process of time, by intermarrying with them, or, being more numerous and powerful than they, could seize upon them when they pleased, and take all they had: thus they argue from the profit and advantage that would accrue to them by admitting them among them, upon their terms; and this argument, taken from worldly interest, they knew would have great influence upon them: only let us consent unto them; in the affair of circumcision: and they will dwell with us; and what by trading with them, and marrying among them, all their wealth and riches will come into our hands.
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