Genesis 34
NET
Commentaries

Show in the text

Up to 5 commentaries at a time. Each excerpt opens in full.

New English Translation

Genesis 34:4-10

4Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Acquire this young girl as my wife.”

5When Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent until they came in.

6Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.

7Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.

8But Hamor made this appeal to them: “My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

9Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.

10You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it.”

Read all of Genesis 34

Commentaries on Genesis 34

New English Translation — © 1996-2016 Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C.