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.
Parallel translations
- WEB The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
- BSB 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.
- NKJV So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.
- NASB The young man did not delay to do this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father.
- NLT Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob’s daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,
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Quick answer
Shechem, esteemed above his family, eagerly fulfills the condition because he delights in Dinah.
Overview
Shechem's prompt compliance reflects both his social standing and his strong desire for Dinah. His readiness shows how completely he was set on the marriage, never suspecting betrayal. His leadership in agreeing helps persuade the whole city, sealing their fate.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 29:20And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
- Gen 41:20And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
- Isa 3:3–5The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
- Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
- Acts 17:12Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
- Isa 62:4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
- Song 8:6Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
- 1 Sam 22:14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?
- Isa 23:8–9Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth?
- Isa 5:13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
- 1 Chr 4:9And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
- 2 Kgs 5:1Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
- Num 22:15And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
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