Add parallel Print Page Options

And Hamor, father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him. And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. And the men were distressed and very angry because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by having sexual relations with the daughter of Jacob—something that[a] should not be done. And Hamor spoke with them saying, “Shechem my son is in love with[b] your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 34:7 Literally “and thus”
  2. Genesis 34:8 Literally “his soul longs for”