Genesis 34:8
Good News Translation
Hamor said to him, "My son Shechem has fallen in love with your daughter; please let him marry her.

New Revised Standard Version
But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The heart of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.

Contemporary English Version
Hamor said to Jacob and his sons: My son Shechem really loves Dinah. Please let him marry her.

New American Bible
Hamor appealed to them, saying: “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

The soul.

Genesis 34:3 And his soul was fast knit unto her; and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.

1 Kings 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come into yours: for they will most certainly turn away your hearts to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love.

Psalm 63:1 A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom. [2] O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

Psalm 84:2 my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

Psalm 119:20 My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.

Context
The Defiling of Dinah
7Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter. 8And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:9And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.…
Cross References
Genesis 34:7
Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.

Genesis 34:9
And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.

Job 7:2
As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;

Jeremiah 22:27
And they shall not return into the land, whereunto they lift up their mind to return thither.

Genesis 34:7
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