Genesis 34:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Hamor said to Jacob and his sons: My son Shechem really loves Dinah. Please let him marry her.

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

But Shechem was attracted to Dinah, so he told her how much he loved her.

Genesis 34:7

just as Jacob's sons were coming in from work. When they learnt that their sister had been raped, they became furiously angry. Nothing is more disgraceful than rape, and it should not be tolerated in Israel.

Genesis 34:9

Why don't you start letting your families marry into our families and ours marry into yours?

Job 7:2

We are slaves in search of shade; we are labourers longing for our wages.

Psalm 119:20

What I want most of all and at all times is to honour your laws.

Psalm 63:1

You are my God. I worship you. In my heart, I long for you, as I would long for a stream in a scorching desert.

Psalm 84:2

Deep in my heart I long for your temple, and with all that I am I sing joyful songs to you.

Jeremiah 22:27

longing to return home.