Genesis 34:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

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  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 And Boaz hath gone up to the gate, and sitteth there, and lo, the redeemer is passing by of whom Boaz had spoken, and he saith, `Turn aside, sit down here, such a one, such a one;' and he turneth aside and sitteth down.
  • 2 Sam 15:2 : 2 and Absalom hath risen early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate, and it cometh to pass, every man who hath a pleading to come unto the king for judgment, that Absalom calleth unto him, and saith, `Of what city `art' thou?' and he saith, `Of one of the tribes of Israel `is' thy servant.'
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
  • Prov 31:23 : 23 Known in the gates is her husband, In his sitting with elders of the land.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I have known -- many `are' your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate evil, and love good, And set up judgment in the gate, It may be Jehovah, God of Hosts, doth pity the remnant of Joseph.
  • Zech 8:16 : 16 These `are' the things that ye do: Speak ye truth each with his neighbour, Truth and peaceful judgment judge in your gates,
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 that blessing I bless thee, and multiplying I multiply thy seed as stars of the heavens, and as sand which `is' on the sea-shore; and thy seed doth possess the gate of his enemies;
  • Gen 23:10 : 10 And Ephron is sitting in the midst of the sons of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answereth Abraham in the ears of the sons of Heth, of all those entering the gate of his city, saying,
  • Deut 17:5 : 5 `Then thou hast brought out that man, or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates -- the man or the woman -- and thou hast stoned them with stones, and they have died.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 34:6-13
    8 verses
    89%

    6 And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;

    7 and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it `is' very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.

    8 And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,

    9 and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

    10 and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade `in' it, and have possessions in it.'

    11 And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, `Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;

    12 multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'

    13 And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

  • Gen 34:17-19
    3 verses
    86%

    17 and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'

    18 And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;

    19 and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

  • Gen 34:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1 And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

    2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

    3 and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

    4 And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.'

  • Gen 34:23-24
    2 verses
    84%

    23 their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'

    24 And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.

  • Gen 34:21
    83%

    21 `These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade `in' it; and the land, lo, `is' wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

  • Gen 34:26-27
    2 verses
    78%

    26 and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.

    27 Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

  • Gen 33:19
    74%

    19 and he buyeth the portion of the field where he hath stretched out his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitah;