Genesis 34:6
4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
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.
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 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.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
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
- Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
- KJV
- And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
- WEB
- Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
- ASV
- And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
- DARBY
- And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.
- BLB
- And Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.
- ÅB
- Men Hemor, Sikems far, gikk ut til Jakob for å tale med ham.
- OTB
- Da gikk Hamor, Sikems far, ut for å tale med Jakob.
- B1930
- Men Hemor, Sikems far, gikk ut til Jakob for å tale med ham.