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Genesis 34:8 — Meaning and Application
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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. "
Genesis 34:8
Verse in Context
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And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with
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.
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions
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Genesis 34:1
"And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land."
Genesis 34:2
"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."
Genesis 34:3
"And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel."
Genesis 34:4
"And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife."
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."
Genesis 34:6
"And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with"
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