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Genesis 34:8

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.

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Genesis 34:8 in other translations

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.

Genesis 34:8 · American Standard Version

Genesis 34:8 in context

  1. 6Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
  2. 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.
  3. 8Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
  4. 9Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
  5. 10You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”