Whom when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite lord of that country saw, he took her, and lay with her, and [a]defiled her.

So his heart clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob: and he loved the maid, and [b]spake kindly to the maid.

Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, [c]Get me this maid to wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 34:2 Hebrew, humbled her.
  2. Genesis 34:3 Hebrew, spake to the heart of the maid.
  3. Genesis 34:4 This proveth that the consent of parents is requisite in marriage, seeing the very Infidels did also observe it as a thing necessary.

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