Genesis 34:19
And the na'ar deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Bat Ya'akov; and he was more respected than kol Bais Aviv.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18And their words pleased Chamor, and Shechem Ben Chamor.
Cross References
Genesis 41:20And the lean and the ra'ot cows did eat up the first seven fat cows;
1 Samuel 22:14Then Achimelech answered HaMelech, and said, And who is so ne'eman (loyal) among all thy avadim as Dovid, which is the Choson HaMelech, obedient to thy bidding, and is honored in thine bais?
1 Chronicles 4:9And Yabetz was more honorable than his brethren; and immo (his mother) called shmo Yabetz, saying, Because I bore him beotzev (with sorrow).
Isaiah 3:3The sar chamishim, 1 the men of rank and yo'etz (counselor), 1 and masters in art, 1 and the expert enchanter. 1
Isaiah 23:8Who hath devised this against Tzor, the crowning city, 1 whose sokharim (merchants) are sarim (princes), 1 whose traders are the nikhbadei Eretz (honored of the Earth). 1
Acts 13:50But the Yehudim aroused the chashuve (prominent) G-d fearing nashim and the gontser machers of the city, and they instigated redifah keneged Rav Sha'ul and Bar-Nabba, and they drove them from out of their territory.
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 →