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Genesis 34:4 KJV
Genesis · chapter 34 · verse 4
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.Genesis 34:4 · King James Version
Genesis 34:4 in context
2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ShechemShᵉkemShekem, a place in PalestineH7927 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- damselyaldâha lassH3207 →
- spakeʼâmarto sayH559 →
- HamorChămôwrChamor, a CanaaniteH2544 →
- Getlâqachto takeH3947 →
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Dinah was, for aught that appears, Jacob's only daughter, and we may suppose her therefore the mother's fondling and the darling of the family, and yet she proves neither a joy nor a credit to them; for those children seldom prove either the best or the happiest that are most indulged.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5