KJV King James Version
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
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Genesis 34:6
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
WEB World English Bible
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
ASV American Standard Version
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;
Surrounding context — Genesis 34
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.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
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