His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman.
Genesis 34:8 - Y'all Version Bible Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for y’all’s daughter. Please y’all, give her to him as a wife. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Hamor conferred with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem craves your daughter [and sister]. I beg of you give her to him to be his wife. American Standard Version (1901) And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife. Common English Bible Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem’s heart is set on your daughter. Please let him marry her. Catholic Public Domain Version And so Hamor spoke to them: "The soul of my son Shechem has become attached to your daughter. Give her to him as a wife. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Hemor spoke to them; The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter; give her him to wife: |
His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman.
The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.
Y’all should intermarry with us. Give y’all’s daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves*.
from the nations about which YHWH said to the children of Israel, “Y’all must not intermarry with them, and they must not intermarry with y’all, because they will certainly turn away y’all’s heart after their gods.” But Solomon clung to them in love.
As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,
God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of YHWH. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will never return.”