Genesis 34:11

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren: 'Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

In Context

10And ye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.'

12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'

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Cross References

Genesis 32:6(32-7) And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying: 'We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.'

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:7-18

Treachery of Dinah's Brethren. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your… Read the whole commentary →

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