Genesis 34:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ And his being clung to Dinah the daughter of Yaʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ But his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart's wishes.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

Common English Bible

³ He was drawn to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He loved the young woman and tried to win her heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And his soul was closely bound to her, and, since she was sorrowful, he soothed her with flattery.

Genesis 34:3 Cross References

Genesis 34:2

And Sheḵ

Genesis 34:4

And Sheḵ

Genesis 50:21

“And now, do not fear, I provide for you and your little ones.” So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them.

2 Samuel 19:7

“And now, arise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants. For I swear by יהוה, if you do not go out, not one passes the night with you. And that is worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Ḥ

Isaiah 40:2

“Speak to the heart of Yerushalayim, and cry out to her, that her hard service is completed, that her crookedness is pardoned, that she has received from the hand of יהוה  double for all her sins.”

Hosea 2:14

“Therefore, see, I am alluring her, and shall lead her into the wilderness, and shall speak to her heart,

Hosea 2:16

“And it shall be, in that day,” declares יהוה, “that you call Me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘My Baʽ

Judges 19:3

And her husband arose and went after her, to speak to her heart and bring her back, having his servant and a couple of donkeys with him. And she brought him into her father’s house. And the father of the young woman saw him, and he was glad to meet him.

Ruth 1:14

And they lifted up their voices and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her.

1 Samuel 18:1

And it came to be, when he had ended speaking to Sha’ul, that the being of Yehonathan was knit to the being of Dawiḏ