Genesis 34:6

וַיֵּצֵא חֲמוֹר אֲבִֽי ־ שְׁכֶם אֶֽל ־ יַעֲקֹב לְדַבֵּר אִתּֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

In Context

5וְיַעֲקֹב שָׁמַע כִּי טִמֵּא אֶת ־ דִּינָה בִתּוֹ וּבָנָיו הָיוּ אֶת ־ מִקְנֵהוּ בַּשָּׂדֶה וְהֶחֱרִשׁ יַעֲקֹב עַד ־ בֹּאָֽם ׃

7וּבְנֵי יַעֲקֹב בָּאוּ מִן ־ הַשָּׂדֶה כְּשָׁמְעָם וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים וַיִּחַר לָהֶם מְאֹד כִּֽי ־ נְבָלָה עָשָׂה בְיִשְׂרָאֵל לִשְׁכַּב אֶת ־ בַּֽת ־ יַעֲקֹב וְכֵן לֹא יֵעָשֶֽׂה ׃

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Cross References

Judges 9:28וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ גַּעַל בֶּן ־ עֶבֶד מִֽי ־ אֲבִימֶלֶךְ וּמִֽי ־ שְׁכֶם כִּי נַעַבְדֶנּוּ הֲלֹא בֶן ־ יְרֻבַּעַל וּזְבֻל פְּקִידוֹ עִבְדוּ אֶת ־ אַנְשֵׁי חֲמוֹר אֲבִי שְׁכֶם וּמַדּוּעַ נַעַבְדֶנּוּ אֲנָֽחְנוּ ׃

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 →

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