KJV King James Version
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
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Genesis 34:8
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
WEB 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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, ‘Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,
Surrounding context — Genesis 34
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.
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיְדַבֵּ֥רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakחֲמ֖וֹרH2544 · cha.morHamorאִתָּ֣םH854 · etwithלֵאמֹ֑רH559 · a.marto sayשְׁכֶ֣םH7927 · she.khemShechemבְּנִ֗יH1121 · benson: childחָֽשְׁקָ֤הH2836 · cha.shaqto desireנַפְשׁוֹ֙H5315 · ne.pheshsoulבְּבִתְּכֶ֔םH1323 · batdaughterתְּנ֨וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveנָ֥אH4994 · napleaseאֹתָ֛הּH853 · et[Obj.]ל֖וֹH9033 · ohimלְאִשָּֽׁה׃H802 · ish.shahwoman
Cross-references
Psalm 119:20My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.1 Kings 11:2Of the nations [concerning] which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: [for] surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.Psalm 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.Genesis 34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.Psalm 63:1A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou [art] my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
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