You can live with us, and the land will be yours. Live here, move about freely in this area, and acquire property here.”
Isn’t all this land yours also? Let’s separate. If you go to the left, I’ll go to the right, and if you go to the right, I’ll go to the left.”
Abimelech said, “Look, here’s my land. Live anywhere you like.”
Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and her brothers, “Do me this favor. I’ll give you whatever you ask.
Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take ours for yourselves.
But bring me your youngest brother. Then I’ll know that you’re not spies but honest men. I’ll give your brother back to you, and you’ll be able to move about freely in this country.’ ”
So the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and had many children.