8And 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.


In Context

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 till they had come.

6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him.

7 And the sons of Jacob came from 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.

8 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.

9 And make ye marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

Genesis 34:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:8But Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:8And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:8And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her unto him to wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:8Hamor talked with them, saying, |The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:8And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.