Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. New Living Translation Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to their proposal. English Standard Version Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem. Berean Study Bible Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. New American Standard Bible Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. King James Bible And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. Christian Standard Bible Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. Contemporary English Version Hamor and Shechem liked what was said. Good News Translation These terms seemed fair to Hamor and his son Shechem, Holman Christian Standard Bible Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. International Standard Version What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem, NET Bible Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem. New Heart English Bible Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. GOD'S WORD® Translation Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. JPS Tanakh 1917 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. New American Standard 1977 Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. Jubilee Bible 2000 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. King James 2000 Bible And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. American King James Version And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. American Standard Version And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor. Douay-Rheims Bible Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son: Darby Bible Translation And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. English Revised Version And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. Webster's Bible Translation And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. World English Bible Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. Young's Literal Translation And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son; Study Bible The Revenge of Dinah's Brothers…17But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.” 18Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. 19The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.… Cross References Genesis 34:17 But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go." Genesis 34:19 The young man, who was the most respected of all his father's household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Treasury of Scripture And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. Lexicon Their offerדִבְרֵיהֶ֖ם (ḏiḇ·rê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause seemed good וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ (way·yî·ṭə·ḇū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing to Hamor חֲמ֑וֹר (ḥă·mō·wr) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2544: Hamor -- father of Shechem and his חֲמֽוֹר׃ (ḥă·mō·wr) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2544: Hamor -- father of Shechem son בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son Shechem. שְׁכֶ֥ם (šə·ḵem) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor (18) Their words pleased Hamor.--We gather from this that circumcision was a rite not only well known, but regarded as something honourable; for otherwise they would not so readily have submitted to a thing so painful.Verses 18, 19. - And their words pleased (literally, were flood in the eyes of) Hamor, and (literally, in the eyes of) Shechem, Hamor's son. And the young man deferred not (i.e. delayed not) to do the thing (literally, the word, i.e. to submit to circumcision. This is stated here by anticipation), because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable - literally, more honored, doubtless because more worthy of regard (cf. 1 Chronicles 4:9) - than all the house of his father. 34:1-19 Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children from needlessly exposing themselves to danger. Indulged children, like Dinah, often become a grief and shame to their families. Her pretence was, to see the daughters of the land, to see how they dressed, and how they danced, and what was fashionable among them; she went to see, yet that was not all, she went to be seen too. She went to get acquaintance with the Canaanites, and to learn their ways. See what came of Dinah's gadding. The beginning of sin is as the letting forth of water. How great a matter does a little fire kindle! We should carefully avoid all occasions of sin and approaches to it. 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