Genesis 34:8
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?
Webster's Revision
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife.
World English Bible
Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Wesley's Genesis 34:8 Bible Commentary
34:8 Hamor communed - That is, talked. He came to treat with Jacob himself, but he turns them over to his sons. And here we have a particular account of the treaty, in which it is a shame to say the Canaanites were more honest than the Israelites.
