Genesis 34:19

Genesis 34:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
• New International Version (NIV)The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father's house.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.

Context of Genesis 34:19

17But if you do not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.” 18Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. The young man did not delay to do this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father. 20So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the people of their city, saying, 21“These men are friendly to us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. We will take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them.

Genesis 34:19 word by word

וְלֹֽא־אֵחַ֤ר הַנַּ֙עַר֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת הַדָּבָ֔ר כִּ֥י חָפֵ֖ץ בְּבַֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְה֣וּא נִכְבָּ֔ד מִכֹּ֖ל בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• The youngנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• did not delayאָחַר'âchar · to delayH309
• to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• thisדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• he was delightedחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
• with Jacob’sיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• Now he was moreמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• respectedכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1

Cross-references for Genesis 34:19

• Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him like only a few days because of his love for her.
• Isaiah 62:4It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,” Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”; But you will be called, “My delight is in her,” And your land, “Married”; For the Lord delights in you, And to Him your land will be married.
• Genesis 41:20and the thin and ugly cows ate the first seven fat cows.
• Numbers 22:15Then Balak sent representatives once again, more numerous and more distinguished than the previous.
• 1 Samuel 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s own son-in-law, who is commander over your bodyguard, and is honored in your house?
• 2 Kings 5:1Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in the view of his master, and eminent, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but afflicted with leprosy.
• 1 Chronicles 4:9Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.”
• Isaiah 3:3The captain of fifty and the esteemed person, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter.
• Isaiah 5:13Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their nobles are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst.
• Isaiah 23:8Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth?
• Acts 13:50But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
• Acts 17:12Therefore, many of them believed, along with a significant number of prominent Greek women and men.

Commentaries on Genesis 34:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-31Verses 1-31 - Dinah‘s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Genesis 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-24The Canaanite men agreed to the condition, and every male in the town was circumcised. This was not only to allow Shechem to marry Dinah. They also saw it as a way to gain everything that Jacob owned (34:23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311-4. Though freed from foreign troubles, Jacob met with a great domestic calamity in the fall of his only daughter. According to Josephus, she had been attending a festival; but it is highly probable that she had been often and freely mixing in the society of the place and that she, being a simple, inexperienced, and vain young woman, had been flattered by the attentions of the ruler's son. There must have been time and opportunities of acquaintance to…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 34:19

• Deception
• Dishonesty

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• Ask
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Commentaries on Genesis 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings