Genesis 34:8
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
Genesis 34:8 in other translations
| BSB | But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. |
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| WEB | Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. |
| ASV | And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife. |
| YLT | And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, ‘Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife, |
| DARBY | And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife. |
| BBE | But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife? |
| Webster | And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife. |
What does Genesis 34:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 34:8-10
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 34:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 34:8
- Psalms 119:20
My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
- 1 Kings 11:2
Of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
- Psalms 63:1
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Genesis 34:3
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
- Psalms 84:2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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Context
- 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 34:8
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
- Genesis 34:9
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
Genesis 34:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Hamor habló con ellos, diciendo: El alma de mi hijo Sichêm se ha apegado á vuestra hija; ruégoos que se la deis por mujer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Hamor leur parla, disant: L’âme de Sichem, mon fils, s’est attachée à votre fille; donnez-la-lui, je vous prie, pour femme; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Hemor redete mit ihnen und sprach: Sichem, mein Sohn-seine Seele hängt an eurer Tochter: gebet sie ihm doch zum Weibe, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Locutus est itaque Hemor ad eos: Sichem filii mei adhæsit anima filiæ vestræ: date eam illi uxorem: |