Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob. New Living Translation Hamor, Shechem’s father, came to discuss the matter with Jacob. English Standard Version And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. Berean Standard Bible Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. King James Bible And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. New King James Version Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. New American Standard Bible Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. NASB 1995 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. NASB 1977 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. Legacy Standard Bible Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. Amplified Bible But Shechem’s father Hamor went to Jacob to talk with him. Christian Standard Bible Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. Holman Christian Standard Bible Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. American Standard Version And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. Contemporary English Version Hamor arrived at Jacob's home English Revised Version And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. GOD'S WORD® Translation So Shechem's father Hamor came to Jacob to speak with him. Good News Translation Shechem's father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob, International Standard Version Meanwhile, Shechem's father Hamor arrived to talk to Jacob. Majority Standard Bible Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. NET Bible Then Shechem's father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah. New Heart English Bible Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. Webster's Bible Translation And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him. World English Bible Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Hamor, father of Shechem, goes out to Jacob to speak with him; Young's Literal Translation And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him; Smith's Literal Translation And Hamor the father of Shechem will go forth to Jacob to speak to him. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob, Catholic Public Domain Version Then, when Hamor, the father of Shechem, had gone out to speak to Jacob, New American Bible Now Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to discuss the matter with Jacob, New Revised Standard Version And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Khamor the father of Shekeem went out to Yaquuv to speak with him. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Defiling of Dinah…5Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned. 6Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. 7When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.… Cross References Genesis 49:5-7 Simeon and Levi are brothers; their swords are weapons of violence. / May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim. / Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel. Genesis 33:18-20 After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city. / And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. / There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. Genesis 31:44-54 Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.” / So Jacob picked out a stone and set it up as a pillar, / and he said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So they took stones and made a mound, and there by the mound they ate. ... Genesis 24:3-4 and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, / but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac.” Genesis 28:1-2 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. “Do not take a wife from the Canaanite women,” he commanded. / “Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel, and take a wife from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother. Exodus 34:15-16 Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same. Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. Joshua 9:15-21 And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. / Three days after they had made the treaty with the Gibeonites, the Israelites learned that they were neighbors, living among them. / So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. ... Judges 14:1-3 One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman. / So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.” / But his father and mother replied, “Can’t you find a young woman among your relatives or among any of our people? Must you go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me, for she is pleasing to my eyes.” 2 Samuel 13:23-29 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king. / And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?” / “No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing. ... 2 Samuel 13:1-22 After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom. / Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her. / Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man, ... 1 Kings 11:1-2 King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. Nehemiah 13:23-27 In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ... Ezra 9:1-2 After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. / Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” Acts 15:20 Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood. Treasury of Scripture And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him. Jump to Previous Commune Hamor Jacob Shechem Shechem's Speak TalkJump to Next Commune Hamor Jacob Shechem Shechem's Speak TalkGenesis 34 1. Dinah is ravished by Shechem.4. He requests to marry her. 13. The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites. 20. Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it. 25. The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil their city. 30. Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi. Meanwhile This word indicates a continuation of events, suggesting that the narrative is part of a larger story. In the context of Genesis 34, it connects the actions of Shechem and his father Hamor with the preceding events involving Dinah. The Hebrew root for "meanwhile" is often used to denote a sequence of events, emphasizing the unfolding drama and the urgency of the situation. It reminds us that God's providence is at work even in the midst of human actions and decisions. Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Meanwhile, Shechem’sשְׁכֶ֖ם (šə·ḵem) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor father אֲבִֽי־ (’ă·ḇî-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1: Father Hamor חֲמ֥וֹר (ḥă·mō·wr) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 2544: Hamor -- father of Shechem came וַיֵּצֵ֛א (way·yê·ṣê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim to speak לְדַבֵּ֖ר (lə·ḏab·bêr) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue with אִתּֽוֹ׃ (’it·tōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among Jacob. יַעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc Links Genesis 34:6 NIVGenesis 34:6 NLT Genesis 34:6 ESV Genesis 34:6 NASB Genesis 34:6 KJV Genesis 34:6 BibleApps.com Genesis 34:6 Biblia Paralela Genesis 34:6 Chinese Bible Genesis 34:6 French Bible Genesis 34:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 34:6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out (Gen. 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