¶ Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

And when the sons of Jacob were come out of the field and heard it, it grieved the men, and they were very angry, because he had wrought [a]villany in Israel, in that he had lain with Jacob’s daughter: [b]which thing ought not to be done.

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son: Shechem longeth for your daughter, [c]give her him to wife, I pray you.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 34:7 Or, folly.
  2. Genesis 34:7 Hebrew, and it shall not be so done.
  3. Genesis 34:8 Or, marriage.

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