Genesis 34:6
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.In other versions
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
ASV
Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.
BBE
And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.
DBY
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
WEB
And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;
YLT
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
ENG
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him.
WBT
Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
BSB
In context
4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
People in this verse
- Israel
- Hamor
- Shechem