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Genesis 34:6

American Standard Version

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

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Genesis 34:6 in other translations

Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.

Genesis 34:6 · World English Bible

Genesis 34:6 in context

  1. 4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
  2. 5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.
  3. 6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
  4. 7And the sons of Jacob came in from 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.
  5. 8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.