Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
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Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
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And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
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And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren: 'Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
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Passages linked to Genesis 34:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 33:15 Esau said, “Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me.” He said, “Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
- Genesis 18:3 and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, grant my request.
Or, grant my request.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and…
Gen 34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Ver. 11, 12. Ask me never so much dowry.] Heb., Multiply ye upon me, vehemently. Unbridled affection spares for no cost, so it may be satisfied. Judah parted with his signet, bracelets, and staff to the harlot. {Gen 38:18} Herod, that old fornicator, bids the dancing damsel ask what she will, to the half of his kingdom. {Mat 16:7} One there was that would not buy repentance so dear as the harlot demanded. {a} But those miscreants in Micah will give anything for a dispensation to live in sin; they offer "thousands of rams, and ten thousands of rivers of oil; yea, the sons of their body, for the sins of their souls." {Mic 6:7}
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{a} Demosth.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Shechem said unto her father and unto her…
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren,.... To the father and brethren of Dinah; he addressed them after his father Hamor had done speaking:
let me find grace in your eyes; forgive the offence committed, the injury done to Dinah, and grant the request of her marriage, and it will be considered as a great favour:
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and what ye shall say unto me, I will give; to her, to her parents, to her brethren and relations; let what will be fixed, shall be given; which showed great affection for her, and that he was willing to do any thing to make amends for the injury done; he cared not what it was that might be demanded of him, so be it that she became his wife.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Shechem said unto her father . . . and…
Shechem said unto her father . . . and brethren--The consideration of the proposal for marriage belonged to Jacob, and he certainly showed great weakness in yielding so much to the fiery impetuosity of his sons. The sequel shows the unhappy consequences of that concession.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. And Shechem] Here, and in Gen_34:12, Shechem makes…
11. And Shechem] Here, and in Gen_34:12, Shechem makes his own) overtures to Jacob and his sons. In Gen_34:6; Gen_34:8-10, Hamor has been negotiating on behalf of Shechem.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 11, 12. And Shechem said unto her father…
Vers. 11, 12. And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren (speaking with becoming deference and earnestness, and manifestly prompted by fervent and sincere love), Let me find grace in your eyes, i.e. let my suit be accepted (vide Gen_33:15) and what ye shall say unto me I will give. Ask me never so much dowry and gift, literally, multiply upon me exceedingly dowry and gift; the dowry (mohar) being the price paid for a wife to her parents (cf. Exo_22:16; 1Sa_18:25) and the gift (mathan) the presents given to the bride (Gesenius, Furst, Rosenm Gerlach, Alford); or the dowry being the bride"s present, and the gift the wife s price (Michaelis, Keil, Murphy); or the dowry being given to the parents, and the gift to the kindred (Patrick); or the two being the same thing, vie., the compensation offered to the relatives of the bride (Lange)and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give (or, and ye will give) me the damsel to wife.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Shechem said to her father
Shechem said to her father
"Shechem said to Dinah's father Jacob"
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Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you tell me I will give
The phrase "find favor" is an idiom which means to be approved of by someone. Also, the eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. AT: "If you will approve of me, then I will give you whatever you ask" (See: Idiom and Metaphor)
bride price
In some cultures, it is customary for a man to give money, property, cattle, and other gifts to the bride's family at the time of marriage.
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit
The abstract noun "deceit" can be stated as the verb "lied." AT: "But the sons of Jacob lied to Shechem and Hamor when they answered them" (See: Abstract Nouns)
Shechem had defiled Dinah
This means that Shechem had greatly dishonored and disgraced Dinah by forcing her to sleep with him. See how you translated "defiled" in Genesis 34:5.
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