Genesis 34:8

וַיְדַבֵּר חֲמוֹר אִתָּם לֵאמֹר שְׁכֶם בְּנִי חָֽשְׁקָה נַפְשׁוֹ בְּבִתְּכֶם תְּנוּ נָא אֹתָהּ לוֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

In Context

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

9וְהִֽתְחַתְּנוּ אֹתָנוּ בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם תִּתְּנוּ ־ לָנוּ וְאֶת ־ בְּנֹתֵינוּ תִּקְחוּ לָכֶֽם ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:2מִן ־ הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אָֽמַר ־ יְהוָה אֶל ־ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא ־ תָבֹאוּ בָהֶם וְהֵם לֹא ־ יָבֹאוּ בָכֶם אָכֵן יַטּוּ אֶת ־ לְבַבְכֶם אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהֵיהֶם בָּהֶם דָּבַק שְׁלֹמֹה לְאַהֲבָֽה ׃

Psalms 84:2מַה ־ יְּדִידוֹת מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ יְהוָה צְבָאֽוֹת ׃

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:7-18

Treachery of Dinah's Brethren. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your… Read the whole commentary →

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