Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”

  • KJV King James Version

    And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Genesis 34:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Judges 14:2 He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore get her for me as my wife.”
  • Genesis 21:21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
  • 2 Samuel 13:13 As for me, where would I carry my shame? And as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.”

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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 4. And Shechem said to his father Hamor. In…

4. And Shechem said to his father Hamor. In this place it is more clearly expressed, that Shechem desired to have Dinah for his wife; for his lust was not so unbridled, that when he had defiled, he despised her. Besides, a laudable modesty is shown, since he pays deference to the will of his father; for he does not attempt to form a contract of marriage of his own mind, but leaves this to his father’s authority. For though he had basely fallen through the precipitate ardor of lust; yet now returning to himself, he follows the guidance of nature. So much the more ought young men to take heed to themselves, lest in the slippery period of their age, the lusts of the flesh should impel them to many crimes. For, at this day, greater license everywhere prevails, so that no moderation restrains youths from shameful conduct. Since, however, Shechem, under the rule and direction of nature, desired his father to be the procurer of his marriage, we hence infer that the right which parents have over their children is inviolable; so that they who attempt to overthrow it, confound heaven and earth. Wherefore, since the Pope, in honor of marriage, has dared to break this sacred bond of nature; this fornicator Shechem alone, will prove a judge sufficient, and more than sufficient, to condemn that barbarous conduct.

John Calvin's Commentaries (1540-1563) — public domain. Text from the Calvin Translation Society English edition (1840s-50s) via the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (ccel.org). Calvin's coverage is partial (roughly two-thirds of the Bible); uncommented books and verses are honest gaps, never fabricated. The 19th-century editor's footnotes and remarks are omitted so the notes are faithfully Calvin's own voice.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain This proveth that the consent of parents is requisite…
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He desires both his father’s consent and assistance herein.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,.... And told…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. Get me] The parents were accustomed to obtain…
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