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Genesis 34:6

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

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Genesis 34:6 in other translations

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

Genesis 34:6 · American Standard Version

Genesis 34:6 in context

  1. 4Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
  2. 5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.
  3. 6Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
  4. 7The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing ought not to be done.
  5. 8Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.