Genesis 34:6
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
Genesis 34:6 in other translations
| BSB | Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him; |
| DARBY | And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him. |
| BBE | Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob. |
| Webster | And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him. |
What does Genesis 34:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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 34:6 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 34:5
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.
- Genesis 34:6
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
- Genesis 34:7
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.
Genesis 34:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dirigióse Hamor padre de Sichêm á Jacob, para hablar con él. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Hamor, père de Sichem, vint vers Jacob pour parler avec lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Hemor, der Vater Sichems, kam heraus zu Jakob, um mit ihm zu reden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Egresso autem Hemor patre Sichem ut loqueretur ad Jacob, |