Genesis 34:8

KJV

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, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Genesis Chapter 34 connects to 5 cross-references. Shechem, a Hivite prince, rapes Dinah and then seeks to marry her; Jacob's sons agree to the marriage on condition all Hivite men be circumcised. While the men are incapacitated, Simeon and Levi kill all the males and plunder the …

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Other Translations

ASV

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

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,

BBE

But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

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