Genesis 34:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this young woman as a wife.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Judg 14:2 : 2 And he came up and told his father and mother, saying, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore, get her for me as a wife.
  • 2 Sam 13:13 : 13 And as for me, where could I cause my shame to go? And as for you, you would be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.
  • Gen 21:21 : 21 And he lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 34:5-13
    9 verses
    90%

    5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field, and Jacob held his peace until they came.

    6And Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.

    7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and they were grieved and very wroth because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.

    8And Hamor spoke with them, saying, My son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you give her to him as a wife.

    9And make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

    10And you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade therein, and acquire possessions there.

    11And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and whatever you say to me, I will give.

    12Ask me for ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to your saying to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.

    13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah, their sister,

  • Gen 34:1-3
    3 verses
    88%

    1And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

    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 was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to her.

  • Gen 34:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    17But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and leave.

    18And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

    19And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

    20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

    21These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land and trade therein, for the land, indeed, is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 34:26-27
    2 verses
    82%

    26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

    27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city because they had defiled their sister.

  • Gen 34:24
    78%

    24And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.