Genesis 34:18

And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17But and yf ye will not harken vnto vs to be circumcysed than will we take oure doughter and goo oure wayes.

19And the yonge man deferde not for to do the thinge because he had a lust to Iacobs doughter: he was also most sett by of all that were in his fathers house.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:16And when the tidynges was come vnto Pharaos housse that Iosephes brethern were come it pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes.

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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