Genesis 34:6

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

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 spoke unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; now his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob remained silent until they were come.

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

7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.

8 And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem is joined to your daughter; I pray you give her to him as wife.