Genesis 34:4 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 34:4

So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,.... And told him the whole affair, at least what a strong affection he had for Dinah: saying, get me this damsel to wife; by which he meant not only that he would give his consent that he might marry her, but that he would get her parents' consent unto it, and settle the matter with them; by which it appears how early, and that even among Heathen nations, consent of parents on both sides was judged necessary to marriage.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שְׁכֶ֔ם	she.Khem	Shechem	H7927 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
חֲמ֥וֹר	cha.Mor	Hamor	H2544 →
אָבִ֖יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
לֵאמֹ֑ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
קַֽח־	kach-	get	H3947 →
לִ֛י	li	for <the> me
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה	hai.yal.Dah	the girl	H3207 →
הַזֹּ֖את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	le.'i.Shah	to a wife	H802 →

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Where the connections lead

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
Judges 14:2
So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
leads to
- Genesis 24:2–3
  So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
- Genesis 21:21
  And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- 2 Kings 14:9
  But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a…
Through
Genesis 21:21
And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
leads to
- Numbers 13:3
  So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
- Genesis 27:46
  Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
- 1 Samuel 25:1
  When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 12:16
  After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 13:26
  and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit…