Genesis 34:18

And their words looked fair in the eyes of Hamor,—and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s son;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

In Context

17But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and be gone.

19and the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter,—he, moreover being more honourable than all the house of his father.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:16Now, the report, was heard by the house of Pharaoh, saying, The brethren of Joseph have come in, And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

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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