Genesis 34:6

6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.

Genesis 34:6 in Other Translations

6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

6 Hamor, Shechem’s father, came to discuss the matter with Jacob.

6 Hamor, Shechem's father, went to Jacob to work out marriage arrangements.

6 Meanwhile, Shechem's father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

Genesis 34:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:6

And Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out unto Jacob
Unto the tent of Jacob without the city:

to commune with him;
to talk with him about the affair of Dinah, to pacify him, and endeavour to gain his consent, that his son might marry her, and to settle the, terms and conditions of the marriage.

Genesis 34:6 In-Context

4 And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”

5 When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.

6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.

7 Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 14:2-5