Genesis 34:19

17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
KJV
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
WEB
The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
ASV
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob`s daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.
DARBY
And the youth did not delay to do this, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honourable above all in the house of his father.
BLB
And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter; and He [was] more honorable than all the house of his father.
ÅB
Og den unge mann drøyde ikke med å gjøre dette, for han var glad i Jakobs datter, og han var den som hadde mest å si i sin fars hus.
OTB
Den unge mannen, som var mer respektert enn hele sin fars husstand, nølte ikke med å gjøre som de sa, fordi han var henrykt over Jakobs datter.
B1930
Og den unge mann drygde ikke med å gjøre dette, for han var glad i Jakobs datter, og han var den som hadde mest å si i sin fars hus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 22:15

    And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

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  • Acts 13:50

    But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.

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  • Acts 17:12

    Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.

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  • Song of Solomon 8:6

    Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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  • Isaiah 62:4

    Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

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  • Genesis 29:20

    And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

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  • Isaiah 23:8–9

    Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?

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  • 2 Kings 5:1

    Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

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