Genesis 34:19
The young man did not delay to do what they said, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and because he was the most honored person in all his father's household.
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18Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
Cross References
Genesis 41:20The thin and undesirable cows ate up the first seven fat cows.
1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law and is over your bodyguard, and is honored in your house?
1 Chronicles 4:9Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother called him Jabez. She said, “Because I bore him in pain.”
Isaiah 3:3the captain of fifty and the respected citizen, the counselor, the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter. 1
Isaiah 23:8Who has planned this against Tyre, the giver of crowns, 1 whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the honored ones of the earth? 1
Acts 13:50But the Jews urged on the devout and important women, as well as the leading men of the city. These stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out beyond the border of their city.
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 →