Genesis 34:18
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
Genesis 34:18 in other translations
| BSB | Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. |
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| WEB | Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. |
| ASV | And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son. |
| YLT | And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son; |
| DARBY | And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. |
| BBE | And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem. |
| Webster | And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. |
What does Genesis 34:18 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 34:1-19
Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children…
Genesis 34:18 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 34:17
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
- Genesis 34:18
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
- Genesis 34:19
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.
Genesis 34:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y parecieron bien sus palabras á Hamor y á Sichêm, hijo de Hamor. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et leurs paroles furent bonnes aux yeux de Hamor, et aux yeux de Sichem, fils de Hamor. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihre Worte waren gut in den Augen Hemors und Sichems, des Sohnes Hemors. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Placuit oblatio eorum Hemor, et Sichem filio ejus, |