So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
- KJV And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
- NKJV So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”
- NASB So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”
- NLT He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”
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Quick answer
Shechem asks his father, Hamor, to secure Dinah as his wife.
Overview
Following the custom of arranged marriage, Shechem turns to his father to negotiate. The request treats the matter as a normal alliance, ignoring the grave offense already committed against Dinah and her family. This sets in motion the formal dealings between the two households that frame the chapter's deceit and violence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Judg 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.”
- Gen 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- 2 Sam 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.”
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