19And the youth did not delay to do this, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honourable above all in the house of his father.


In Context

16 then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and be one people.

17 But if ye do not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go away.

18 And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

19 And the youth did not delay to do this, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honourable above all in the house of his father.

20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their daughters as wives, and give them our daughters.

Genesis 34:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:19And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:19The young man, who was the most honored of all his father's household, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:19And the young man made no delay, but forthwith fulfilled what was required, for he loved the damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man in all his father's house.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honoured above all the house of his father.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:19The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:19and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.