Genesis 34:3
And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke + 34:3 Lit. spoke according to the heart of the damsel — to her. A literal version of the Hebrew. kindly to the damsel.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
4Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.
Cross References
Genesis 50:21And he said to them, Fear not, I will maintain you, and your families: and he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
Ruth 1:14And they lifted up their voice, and wept again; and Orpha kissed her mother-in-law and returned to her people; but Ruth followed her.
2 Samuel 19:7And now arise, and go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants; for I have sworn by the Lord, that unless you will go forth today, there shall not a man remain with you this night: and know for yourself, this thing will indeed be evil to you beyond all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.
Isaiah 40:2Speak, you⌃ priests, to the heart of Jerusalem; comfort her, for her humiliation is accomplished, her sin is put away: for she has received of the Lord's hand double the amount of her sins.
Hosea 2:16And it shall come to pass in that day, says the Lord, that she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.
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 →