Genesis 34:4
What does Genesis 34:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Genesis 34:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 14:2
And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
- Genesis 21:21
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- 2 Samuel 13:13
And I, whither shall I carry my shame? and as for thee, thou wilt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
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