KJV King James Version
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
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Genesis 34:2
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
WEB World English Bible
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
ASV American Standard Version
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
Surrounding context — Genesis 34
1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֨רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֹתָ֜הּH853 · et[Obj.]שְׁכֶ֧םH7927 · she.khemShechemבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childחֲמ֛וֹרH2544 · cha.morHamorהַֽחִוִּ֖יH2340 · chiv.viHiviteנְשִׂ֣יאH5387 · na.sileaderהָאָ֑רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוַיִּקַּ֥חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֹתָ֛הּH853 · et[Obj.]וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בH7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downאֹתָ֖הּH854 · etwithוַיְעַנֶּֽהָ׃H6031 · a.nahbe occupied
Cross-references
Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.Proverbs 13:20He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.Judges 14:1And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.Job 31:9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;Job 31:1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?Deuteronomy 22:29Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.Deuteronomy 21:14And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.Deuteronomy 22:24Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, [being] in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.Genesis 10:17And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,Genesis 33:19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.Genesis 39:6-7And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was [a] goodly [person], and well favoured.Genesis 6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.Judges 19:24-25Behold, [here is] my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.Ezekiel 22:10-11In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
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