Genesis 34:8
But Hamor made this appeal to them:“My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 11:2 : 2 They came from nations about which the LORD had warned the Israelites,“You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods.” But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them.
- Ps 63:1 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
- Ps 84:2 : 2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
- Ps 119:20 : 20 I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.
- Gen 34:3 : 3 Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Gen 34:1-44 verses90%
1 Dinah and the Shechemites Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.
2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.
3 Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.
4 Shechem said to his father Hamor,“Acquire this young girl as my wife.”
- Gen 34:9-135 verses89%
9 Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.
10 You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”
11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers,“Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me I’ll give.
12 You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”
13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
- Gen 34:17-215 verses88%
17 But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.”
18 Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
19 The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly.(Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
21 “These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.
- Gen 34:6-72 verses85%
6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.
7 Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.
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26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left.
- Gen 34:23-242 verses76%
23 If we do so, won’t their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let’s consent to their demand, so they will live among us.”
24 All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.