Genesis 34:4

4 et pergens ad Emor patrem suum accipe mihi inquit puellam hanc coniugem

Genesis 34:4 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:4

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor
And told him the whole affair, at least what a strong affection he had for Dinah:

saying, get me this damsel to wife;
by which he meant not only that he would give his consent that he might marry her, but that he would get her parents' consent unto it, and settle the matter with them; by which it appears how early, and that even among Heathen nations, consent of parents on both sides was judged necessary to marriage. It seems by this as if Dinah was now detained in the house of Hamor or Shechem, and was upon the spot, or near at hand, when Shechem addressed his father about her, see ( Genesis 34:26 ) .

Genesis 34:4 In-Context

2 quam cum vidisset Sychem filius Emor Evei princeps terrae illius adamavit et rapuit et dormivit cum illa vi opprimens virginem

3 et conglutinata est anima eius cum ea tristemque blanditiis delinivit

4 et pergens ad Emor patrem suum accipe mihi inquit puellam hanc coniugem

5 quod cum audisset Iacob absentibus filiis et in pastu occupatis pecorum siluit donec redirent

6 egresso autem Emor patre Sychem ut loqueretur ad Iacob