Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. New Living Translation Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her. English Standard Version But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. Berean Standard Bible But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. King James Bible And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. New King James Version But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. New American Standard Bible But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage. NASB 1995 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage. NASB 1977 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage. Legacy Standard Bible But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him as a wife. Amplified Bible But Hamor conferred with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem [deeply] longs for your daughter [and sister]. Please give her to him as his wife. Christian Standard Bible Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. Holman Christian Standard Bible Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem is strongly attracted to your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. American Standard Version And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And Khamor spoke with them and said to them, “Shekeem my son has desired the soul of your daughter; give her to him as a wife. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife, Contemporary English Version Hamor said to Jacob and his sons: My son Shechem really loves Dinah. Please let him marry her. 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: English Revised Version And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her unto him to wife. GOD'S WORD® Translation Hamor told them. "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please let her marry him. Good News Translation Hamor said to him, "My son Shechem has fallen in love with your daughter; please let him marry her. International Standard Version But Hamor said this: "My son is deeply attracted to your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. JPS Tanakh 1917 And Hamor spoke with them, saying 'The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter. I pray you give her unto him to wife. Literal Standard Version And Hamor speaks with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul has cleaved to your daughter; please give her to him for a wife, Majority Standard Bible But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. 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. NET Bible But Hamor made this appeal to them: "My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. 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. New Heart English Bible Hamor talked with them, saying, "The heart of my son Shechem is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. Webster's Bible Translation And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife. World English Bible Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. Young's Literal Translation And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, 'Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Defiling of Dinah…7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done. 8But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. 9Intermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.… Cross References Genesis 34:7 When Jacob's sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter--a thing that should not be done. Genesis 34:9 Intermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves. Job 7:2 Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages. Jeremiah 22:27 You will never return to the land for which you long." Treasury of Scripture And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. The soul. Genesis 34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 1 Kings 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; Jump to Previous Cleaved Cleaves Communed Daughter Desire Full Hamor Heart Longs Marriage Please Shechem Shechem's Soul Speaketh Talked WifeJump to Next Cleaved Cleaves Communed Daughter Desire Full Hamor Heart Longs Marriage Please Shechem Shechem's Soul Speaketh Talked WifeGenesis 34 1. Dinah is ravished by Shechem.4. He requests to marry her. 13. The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites. 20. Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it. 25. The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil their city. 30. Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi. Verses 8-10. - And Hamor communed (literally, spake) with them (i.e. the whole family, or Jacob and his sons), saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for - the root (חָשַׁק) signifies to join together, intrans., to be joined together, hence to cleave to another in love (cf. Deuteronomy 7:7, 10, 15; Deuteronomy 21:11); of similar import to the word (דָּבַק) employed in ver. 3, which means to be devotedly attached to any one, as, e.g., to God (Deuteronomy 10:20), to a king (2 Samuel 20:2), to a wife (1 Kings 11:2) - your daughter. The words are addressed to Jacob's sons as well as Jacob himself, the brothers equally with the father being regarded as the natural guardians of a sister. I pray yon give her him to wife. The absence of any apology for Shechem's atrocious outrage against Dinah need not be regarded as indicating some measure of consent on the part of Dinah, but may be explained on the supposition that Hamor's proposal was considered by himself as a practical admission of his son's guilt. And make ye marriages with us, - literally, contract affinity with us by marriage, the verb chathan being spoken of the father-in-law (chothen), who makes the alliance (vide Furst, 'Lex.,' sub voce) - and give your daughters unto us, - from this it has been inferred that Jacob had other daughters besides Dinah, which is not improbable (Genesis 46:7), but the words may not imply more than that Humor thought he had - and take our daughters unto you. And (as an inducement to form this alliance) ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein - i.e. he offers them the privilege of unrestricted movement throughout his dominions, with the right of establishing settlements, carrying on trade, and acquiring property. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But Hamorחֲמ֖וֹר (ḥă·mō·wr) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2544: Hamor -- father of Shechem said וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (way·ḏab·bêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to them, אִתָּ֣ם (’it·tām) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among “My son בְּנִ֗י (bə·nî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1121: A son Shechem שְׁכֶ֣ם (šə·ḵem) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor longs for חָֽשְׁקָ֤ה (ḥā·šə·qāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2836: To cling, join, to love, delight in, elliptically, to deliver your daughter. בְּבִתְּכֶ֔ם (bə·ḇit·tə·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1323: A daughter Please נָ֥א (nā) Interjection Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then' give תְּנ֨וּ (tə·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set her אֹתָ֛הּ (’ō·ṯāh) Direct object marker | third person feminine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case to him ל֖וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew as his wife. לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (lə·’iš·šāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Links Genesis 34:8 NIVGenesis 34:8 NLT Genesis 34:8 ESV Genesis 34:8 NASB Genesis 34:8 KJV Genesis 34:8 BibleApps.com Genesis 34:8 Biblia Paralela Genesis 34:8 Chinese Bible Genesis 34:8 French Bible Genesis 34:8 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 34:8 Hamor talked with them saying The soul (Gen. 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