Genesis 34:3

New American Bible - revised edition

He was strongly attracted to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and was in love with the young woman. So he spoke affectionately to her.

Cross References

Hosea 2:14

I will lay waste her vines and fig trees, of which she said, “These are the fees my lovers have given me”; I will turn them into rank growth and wild animals shall devour them.

Isaiah 40:2

Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her service has ended, that her guilt is expiated, That she has received from the hand of the Lord double for all her sins.

2 Chronicles 30:22

Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had shown themselves well skilled in the service of the Lord. And when they had completed the seven days of festival, sacrificing communion offerings and singing praises to the Lord, the God of their ancestors,

2 Samuel 19:7

by loving those who hate you and hating those who love you. For you have announced today that officers and servants are nothing to you. Indeed I am now certain that if Absalom were alive today and all of us dead, that would be fine with you.

1 Samuel 18:1

By the time David finished speaking with Saul, Jonathan’s life became bound up with David’s life; he loved him as his very self.

Ruth 1:14

Again they wept aloud; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye, but Ruth clung to her.

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.

Genesis 34:4

Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this young woman for a wife.”

Judges 19:3

Her husband then set out with his servant and a pair of donkeys, and went after her to soothe her and bring her back. He arrived at her father’s house, and when the young woman’s father saw him, he came out joyfully to meet him.

Genesis 50:21

So now, do not fear. I will provide for you and for your children.” By thus speaking kindly to them, he reassured them.

Hosea 2:16

Therefore, I will allure her now; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak persuasively to her.