Genesis 34:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.”
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“But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 34:8 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
- 1 Kings 11:2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
- Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
- Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Psalms 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
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