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Genesis 34:4
Genesis 34:4 is verse 4 of Genesis chapter 34, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
King James Version
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
World English Bible
Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
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Genesis 34:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
4 So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
5 Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.”