Genesis 34:6
in Genesis 34Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
KJV
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
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This verse in Genesis 34
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Hamor--that is, "ass"; and it is a striking proof of the very different ideas which, in the East, are associated with that animal, which there appears sprightly, well proportioned, and of great activity.
This site's exposition
he remained silent about it until they returned
on Genesis 34:5-7
Verse 7 calls what Shechem did an outrage in Israel, the Hebrew nebalah, a word for an act that breaks a people's own law. This is the first time the word stands in Scripture. Tamar puts it in nearly the same words at 2 Samuel 13:12, over another violated sister.
This site's exposition
Hamor came to speak with Jacob
Hamor comes out to Jacob as one father to another. The sons return from the field in verse 7, so the talks of verse 8 are held with them as well. At Judges 9:28 Gaal still calls Shechem to serve the men of Hamor.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out unto Jacob,.... Unto the tent of Jacob without the city: to commune with him; to talk with him about the affair of Dinah, to pacify him, and endeavour to gain his consent, that his son might marry her, and to settle the, terms and conditions of the marriage.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּצֵ֛א | vaiyetze' | and he went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| חֲמ֥וֹר | chamor | Hamor | H2544 → | 13 times |
| אֲבִֽי־ | ʾavi- | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| שְׁכֶ֖ם | shekhem | Shechem | H7927 → | 63 times |
| אֶֽל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֑ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| לְדַבֵּ֖ר | ledaber | to speak | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אִתּֽוֹ׃ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
וַיֵּצֵ֛אand he went out
vaiyetze'H3318 →1067 times
חֲמ֥וֹרHamor
chamorH2544 →13 times
אֲבִֽי־[the] father of
ʾavi-H1 →1212 times
שְׁכֶ֖םShechem
shekhemH7927 →63 times
אֶֽל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יַעֲקֹ֑בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
לְדַבֵּ֖רto speak
ledaberH1696 →1141 times
אִתּֽוֹ׃with him
ʾitoH854 →929 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).