And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;
And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
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And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. The condition proposed was acceptable to them both, and they agreed to comply with it; Hamor, because of the great love he had for his son; Shechem, because of the great love he had for Dinah.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
To this perhaps they were moved not only by the strong desire they had to bring about, this match, but by what they might have heard of the sacred and honourable intentions of this sign, in the family of Abraham, which it is probable they had some confused notions of, and of the promises confirmed by it; which made them the more desirous to incorporate with the family of Jacob.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches1
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
