Genesis 34:20
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
19 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.
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.
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
- KJV
- And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
- WEB
- Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
- ASV
- And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
- DARBY
- And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
- BLB
- And Hamor came—and Shechem his son—to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the men of their city, saying,
- ÅB
- Så gikk Hemor og hans sønn Sikem til porten i sin by, og de talte til mennene i byen og sa:
- OTB
- Så gikk Hamor og hans sønn Sikem til byporten for å tale med mennene i byen deres.
- B1930
- Så gikk Hemor og hans sønn Sikem til porten i sin by, og de talte til mennene i byen og sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ruth 4:1
Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Read in contextGenesis 22:17
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Read in contextAmos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Read in contextProverbs 31:23
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 17:5
Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
Read in contextAmos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Read in context2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
Read in contextJob 29:7
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
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