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Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
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A Culturally Proper Request
Scholars point out that Hamor's plea to Jacob and his sons was a formal and culturally appropriate step. He expresses his son's deep affection and seeks an official marriage. Commentator John Gill notes that it was customary to ask for the brothers' consent, not just the father's, making this a legitimate negotiation by the standards of the day.
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Genesis
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.
(Genesis 34:1–5)
Dinah went out to see the daught…
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISAAC (Genesis 25:19 to Genesis 35:29).
THE BIRTH OF ISAAC’S SONS.
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16th Century
Protestant
And Hamor communed with them.
Although the sons of Jacob were justly angered, their indignation should have been calmed, or at leas…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Hamor communed with them With Jacob and his sons, who came in just at that time:
saying, the …
Young people, especially females, are never safer or better off than under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and dec…
