KJV King James Version
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
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Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
WEB World English Bible
Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
ASV American Standard Version
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Hamor cometh—Shechem his son also—unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,
Surrounding context — Genesis 34
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he [was] more honourable than all the house of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21 These men [are] peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, [it is] large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they [are] circumcised.
23 [Shall] not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּבֹ֥אH935 · boto come (in): comeחֲמ֛וֹרH2544 · cha.morHamorוּשְׁכֶ֥םH7927 · she.khemShechemבְּנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)שַׁ֣עַרH8179 · sha.argateעִירָ֑םH5892 · irexcitementוַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַנְשֵׁ֥יH582 · e.noshhumanעִירָ֖םH5892 · irexcitementלֵאמֹֽר׃H559 · a.marto say
Cross-references
Ruth 4:1Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.2 Samuel 15:2And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was [so], that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel.Zechariah 8:16These [are] the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:Amos 5:10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.Amos 5:15Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.Genesis 23:10And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, [even] of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,Deuteronomy 17:5Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.Job 29:7When I went out to the gate through the city, [when] I prepared my seat in the street!Proverbs 31:23Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;Amos 5:12For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].
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