Genesis 34:3
And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
Cross References
Genesis 50:21Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them, and spoke gently and mildly.
Ruth 1:14And they lifted up their voice, and began to weep again: Orpha kissed her mother in law and returned: Ruth stuck close to her mother in law.
2 Samuel 19:7Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants: for I swear to thee by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth, there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night: and that will be worse to thee, than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now.
Isaiah 40:2Speak ye to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her: for her evil is come to an end, her iniquity is forgiven: she hath received of the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.
Hosea 2:16And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord, That she shall call me : My husband, and she shall call me no more 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 →