KJV King James Version
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
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Genesis 34:4
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
WEB World English Bible
Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, ‘Take for me this damsel for a wife.’
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.
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 And the sons of Jacob came out of 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.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשְׁכֶ֔םH7927 · she.khemShechemאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)חֲמ֥וֹרH2544 · cha.morHamorאָבִ֖יוH1 · avfatherלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayקַֽח־H3947 · la.qachto take: takeלִ֛יH9030 · nimeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַיַּלְדָּ֥הH3207 · yal.dahmaidenהַזֹּ֖אתH2063 · zotthisלְאִשָּֽׁה׃H802 · ish.shahwoman
Cross-references
Judges 14:2And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.2 Samuel 13:13And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.Genesis 21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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