Génesis 34:19

19 Y no dilató el joven en hacer aquello, porque la hija de Jacob le había agradado; y él era el más honrado de toda la casa de su padre.

Génesis 34:19 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:19

And the young man deferred not to do the thing
To be circumcised himself, and to get all the males of the city circumcised; he delayed not a moment, but made all the haste he could to get it accomplished: because he had delight in Jacob's daughter;
he really loved her, and delighted in her person and company: it was not the effect of a brutish lust, but a true affection he bore to her, that he desired her in marriage: and he [was] more honourable than all the house of his father;
for though he had done a base thing in defiling Jacob's daughter, yet in this he was honourable, that he sought to marry her, and to do any thing that was in his power to recompence the injury; and he was honourable in keeping covenant and compact with men; and was honest, upright, and sincere, to fulfil the condition imposed on him, and he had agreed to, as well as he was in greater esteem among the citizens than any of his father's house, which made it the more easy to him to get their consent to be circumcised; they having a very high and honourable opinion of him, and ready to oblige him in anything they could.

Génesis 34:19 In-Context

17 Mas si no nos prestareis oído para circuncidaros, tomaremos nuestra hija, y nos iremos.

18 Y parecieron bien sus palabras a Hamor y a Siquem, hijo de Hamor.

19 Y no dilató el joven en hacer aquello, porque la hija de Jacob le había agradado; y él era el más honrado de toda la casa de su padre.

20 Entonces Hamor y Siquem su hijo vinieron a la puerta de su ciudad, y hablaron a los varones de su ciudad, diciendo:

21 Estos varones son pacíficos con nosotros, y habitarán en la tierra, y traficarán en ella; pues he aquí la tierra es bastante ancha para ellos; nosotros tomaremos sus hijas por mujeres, y les daremos las nuestras.