Genesis 34:19
And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honored above all the house of his father.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
Cross References
Genesis 41:20And the lean and ill-favored cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?
1 Chronicles 4:9And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.
Isaiah 3:3the captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the expert craftsman, and the skilful enchanter.
Isaiah 23:8Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants are rulers, whose traders are the honored of the earth?
Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the religious women, and the prominent women, and the principle men of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they threw them out of their boundaries.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:19-25
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father. 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives,… Read the whole commentary →