Genesis 34:3
And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
Cross References
Genesis 50:21Now therefore fear ye not. I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
Ruth 1:14And they lifted up their voices, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.
2 Samuel 19:7Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak graciously to thy servants. For I swear by LORD, if thou do not go forth, there will not remain a man with thee this night. And that will be worse to thee than all the evil that has befallen
Isaiah 40:2Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare has been completed, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of LORD's hand double for all her sins.
Hosea 2:16And it shall be at that day, says LORD, that thou shall call me Ishi, and shall no more call me Baali.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:2-6
Dinah Dishonoured. ( b. c. 1732.) 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter:… Read the whole commentary →