Genesis 34:8

New International Reader's Version

But Hamor said to Jacob and his sons, “My son Shechem wants your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife.

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

Then he longed for Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He fell in love with her and spoke tenderly to her.

Genesis 34:7

Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields. They came as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and very angry. Shechem had done a very terrible thing. He had forced Jacob’s daughter to have sex with him. He had done something that should never be done in Israel.

Genesis 34:9

Let your people and ours get married to each other. Give us your daughters as our wives. You can have our daughters as your wives.

1 Kings 11:2

The Lord had warned Israel about women from other nations. He had said, “You must not marry them. If you do, you can be sure they will turn your hearts toward their gods.” But Solomon continued to love them anyway. He wouldn’t give them up.

Job 7:2

I’ve been like a slave who longs for the evening shadows to come. I’ve been like a hired worker who is waiting to be paid.

Psalm 119:20

My heart is filled with longing for your laws at all times.

Psalm 63:1

God, you are my God. I seek you with all my heart. With all my strength I thirst for you in this dry desert where there isn’t any water.

Psalm 84:2

I can’t wait to be in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple. I really want to be there. My whole being cries out for the living God.

Jeremiah 22:27

You will never come back to the land you long to return to.”