Genesis 34:4

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Genesis 21:21

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. The Covenant at Beer-sheba.

Genesis 34:3

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

Genesis 34:5

Meanwhile, Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah; but since his sons were out in the field with his livestock, Jacob kept quiet until they came home.

2 Samuel 13:13

Where would I take my shame? And you would be labeled a fool in Israel. So please, speak to the king; he will not keep me from you.”

Jeremiah 29:6

Take wives and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, so that they may bear sons and daughters. Increase there; do not decrease.

Judges 14:2

On his return he told his father and mother, “I saw in Timnah a woman, a Philistine. Get her for me as a wife.”