Genesis 34:11 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 34:11

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

BSB

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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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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁכֶם֙	she.Khem	Shechem	H7927 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אָבִ֣יה	'a.Vih	father her	H1 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
אַחֶ֔יהָ	'a.Chei.ha	brothers her	H251 →
אֶמְצָא־	'em.tza'-	let me find	H4672 →
חֵ֖ן	chen	favor	H2580 →
בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם	be.'ei.nei.Khem	in view your	H5869 →
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר	va.'a.Sher	and [that] which	H834 →
תֹּאמְר֛וּ	to.me.Ru	you will say	H559 →
אֵלַ֖י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
אֶתֵּֽן׃	'e.Ten	I will give	H5414 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.”
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.
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.’”