Verse 4
Genesis 34:4
Darby Translation
4
And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֖י/ו לֵ/אמֹ֑ר קַֽח לִ֛/י אֶת הַ/יַּלְדָּ֥ה הַ/זֹּ֖את לְ/אִשָּֽׁה
English Translation
And Shechem said to Hamor his father, saying, "Get me this young woman as a wife."
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Chapter 34 Context
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And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the la...
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And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and...
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And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly...
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And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.
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And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his cattle in the fie...
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And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.
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And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard [it]; and the men were grieved, and they...
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And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give he...
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And make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
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And dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves posse...
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And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes; and what ye sha...
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Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give...
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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spoke because he had de...
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and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were...
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But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;
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then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, a...
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But if ye do not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go away.
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And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
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And the youth did not delay to do this, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honou...
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And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, sa...
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These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land...
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But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people if every male among u...
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Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us...
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And all that went out at the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son; and every m...
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And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and...
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And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's...
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The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister...
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Their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and what [was] in the city, and what [was] in the fiel...
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and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered the...
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabita...
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And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?
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