Genesis 34:4
Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get this young woman for me as a wife.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
In Context
3He was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
Cross References
Judges 14:2When he returned, he told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. Now get her for me to be my wife.”
Jeremiah 29:6Take wives and give birth to sons and daughters. Then take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands. Let them give birth to sons and daughters and increase there so you do not become too few.
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 →