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.


In Context

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

17 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.|

18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

19 The 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.

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

21 |These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:19And 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.

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 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.