Genesis 34:8

8 locutus est itaque Emor ad eos Sychem filii mei adhesit anima filiae vestrae date eam illi uxorem

Genesis 34:8 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:8

And Hamor communed with them
With Jacob and his sons, who came in just at that time:

saying, the soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter:
the daughter of the family, and the only daughter in it; for her Shechem had a vehement affection, a strong desire to marry her, and could not be satisfied without her:

I pray you, give her him to wife;
he not only requests the consent of the parents of the damsel, but of her brothers also, which in those times and countries seems to have been usual to ask and have, see ( Genesis 24:50 Genesis 24:51 Genesis 24:55 Genesis 24:59 ) .

Genesis 34:8 In-Context

6 egresso autem Emor patre Sychem ut loqueretur ad Iacob

7 ecce filii eius veniebant de agro auditoque quod acciderat irati sunt valde eo quod foedam rem esset operatus in Israhel et violata filia Iacob rem inlicitam perpetrasset

8 locutus est itaque Emor ad eos Sychem filii mei adhesit anima filiae vestrae date eam illi uxorem

9 et iungamus vicissim conubia filias vestras tradite nobis et filias nostras accipite

10 et habitate nobiscum terra in potestate vestra est exercete negotiamini et possidete eam