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Genesis 34:11

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Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

KJV

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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This verse in Genesis 34

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Grant me this favor

on Genesis 34:11-12

Shechem speaks for himself and offers to pay whatever they name, a high dowry and an expensive gift. Money is his answer to what he has done. His own city will be answered in that currency at verse 28, when its flocks and herds and donkeys are carried off.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

‘MOHAR’ (DOWRY) ‘UMATAN’ (AND GIFT). Mohar [refers to the bridal gifts given at the time of] the marriage-contract which is given to maidens, as it is written, according to the dowry of virgins, 129 Exodus:16.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Genesis 34:12:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
You will [then] live with us and the land will be open to you.
Targum · Onkelos Genesis 34:10, via Sefaria, Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • שְׁכֶם֙Shechem

    shekhemH7927 →63 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אָבִ֣יהfather her

    ʾavihH1 →1212 times

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • אַחֶ֔יהָbrothers her

    ʾacheihaH251 →630 times

  • אֶמְצָא־let me find

    ʾemtza'-H4672 →455 times

  • חֵ֖ןfavor

    chenH2580 →69 times

  • בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑םin view your

    beeineikhemH5869 →887 times

  • וַאֲשֶׁ֥רand [that] which

    vaasherH834 →5497 times

  • תֹּאמְר֛וּyou will say

    tomeruH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלַ֖יto me

    ʾelaiH413 →5510 times

  • אֶתֵּֽן׃I will give

    ʾetenH5414 →2011 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 33:15

    “Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

    it leads to

    • Ruth 2:13

      “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”

    • Genesis 47:25

      “You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

    • 1 Samuel 25:8

      Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford…

    • 2 Samuel 16:4

      So the king said to Ziba, “All that belongs to Mephibosheth is now yours!” “I humbly bow before you,” said Ziba. “May I find favor in your eyes, my lord the king!”

  • Through

    Genesis 18:3

    “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 32:5

      I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 34 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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