Genesis 34:18
Strong's Lexicon
Their offer
דִבְרֵיהֶ֖ם (ḏiḇ·rê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (bə·‘ê·nê)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

seemed good
וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ (way·yî·ṭə·ḇū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3190: 1) to be good, be pleasing, be well, be glad 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be glad, be joyful 1a2) to be well placed 1a3) to be well for, be well with, go well with 1a4) to be pleasing, be pleasing to 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to make glad, rejoice 1b2) to do good to, deal well with 1b3) to do well, do thoroughly 1b4) to make a thing good or right or beautiful 1b5) to do well, do right

to Hamor
חֲמ֑וֹר (ḥă·mō·wr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2544: Hamor = 'he-ass' 1) the Hivite prince of the city of Shechem when Jacob entered Palestine

וּבְעֵינֵ֖י (ū·ḇə·‘ê·nê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

and his
חֲמֽוֹר׃ (ḥă·mō·wr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2544: Hamor = 'he-ass' 1) the Hivite prince of the city of Shechem when Jacob entered Palestine

son
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

Shechem.
שְׁכֶ֥ם (šə·ḵem)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7927: Shechem = 'back' or 'shoulder' n pr m 1) son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivites at Shechem at the time of Jacob's arrival n pr loc 2) a city in Manasseh; located in a valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, 34 miles (54 km) north of Jerusalem and 7 miles (10.5 km) south- east of Samaria

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Young's Literal Translation
And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s son;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their words 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.
Parallel Verses
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.

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.

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.

American Standard Version
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

English Revised Version
And 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;
















Cross References
Genesis 34:17
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

Genesis 34:19
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.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 34:16
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Genesis 34:15
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:21
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
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