Genesis 34:8
Genesis chapter 34 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife.
Context
v.7And the sons of Jacob came in from 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.
v.8This passage
v.9And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 63:1
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
- Genesis 34:3
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
- Psalms 84:2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
- Psalms 119:20
My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
- 1 Kings 11:2
of the nations concerning which Jehovah said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you; for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.