Genesis 34:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.””
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BSBPD
“So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 34:4 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- Judges 14:2So 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.”
- 2 Samuel 13:13Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
- Jeremiah 29:6Take wives and have sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Multiply there; do not decrease.
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