20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to their fellow townsmen.


In Context

17 But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we'll take our sister and go."

18 Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

19 The 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.

20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to their fellow townsmen.

21 "These men are friendly toward us," they said. "Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.

22 But the men will consent to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.

Genesis 34:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:20And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:20Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:20And Hamor cometh — Shechem his son also — unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,