Genesis 34:19

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honoured above all the house of his father.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:

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Cross References

Genesis 41:20And the lean and ill-favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine.

1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said: 'And who among all thy servants is so trusted as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and giveth heed unto thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house?

1 Chronicles 4:9And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: 'Because I bore him with pain.'

Isaiah 3:3The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.

Isaiah 23:8Who hath devised this against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

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 →

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