Genesis 34:8

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you, give her to him in marriage.

Cross References

Genesis 34:3

And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob; he loved the maiden and spoke tenderly to her.

Genesis 34:7

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard of it; and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

Genesis 34:9

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

1 Kings 11:2

from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the people of Israel, “You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods”; Solomon clung to these in love.

Job 7:2

Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hireling who looks for his wages,

Psalm 119:20

My soul is consumed with longing for thy ordinances at all times.

Psalm 63:1

O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.

Psalm 84:2

My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

Jeremiah 22:27

But to the land to which they will long to return, there they shall not return.”