Genesis 34:8

Modern English Version

Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray that you will give her to him to marry.

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

He was very smitten by Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke kindly to her.

Genesis 34:7

The sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and the men were grieved and were very disturbed, because Shechem had disgraced Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing that should not be done.

Genesis 34:9

Make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

1 Kings 11:2

from the nations which the Lord warned the Israelites about, saying, “You shall not go in to them, nor shall they come in to you, for they will surely turn your heart away toward their gods.” Solomon clung to these in love.

Job 7:2

Like a servant, he longs for the shade, and like a hired worker, he looks for his wages,

Psalm 119:20

My soul is consumed with longing for Your decrees at all times.

Psalm 63:1

O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

Psalm 84:2

My soul longs and even yearns for the courtyards of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Jeremiah 22:27

But to the land where they desire to return, they will not return there.