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Genesis 34:6-8
Living Bible
Genesis 34:6-8
Living Bible
6-7 Meanwhile King Hamor, Shechem’s father, went to talk with Jacob, arriving just as Jacob’s sons came in from the fields, too shocked and angry to overlook the insult, for it was an outrage against all of them.
8 Hamor told Jacob, “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter, and longs for her to be his wife. Please let him marry her.
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Genesis 34:6-8
New International Version
Genesis 34:6-8
New International Version
6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.(A) 7 Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked(B) and furious,(C) because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in[a] Israel(D) by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.(E)
8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.(F)
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Genesis 34:6-8
King James Version
Genesis 34:6-8
King James Version
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 And 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.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
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