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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 34:8 Catholic Bible: Hamor said to him, "My son Shechem has fallen in love with your daughter; please let him marry her. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/genesis/34-8.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/genesis/34-8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/genesis/34-8.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/1.htm">Genesis</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/34.htm">Chapter 34</a> > Verse 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/34-7.htm" title="Genesis 34:7">◄</a> Genesis 34:8 <a href="../genesis/34-9.htm" title="Genesis 34:9">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/genesis/34.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/genesis/34.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Hamor said to him, "My son Shechem has fallen in love with your daughter; please let him marry her. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The heart of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/genesis/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Hamor said to Jacob and his sons: My son Shechem really loves Dinah. Please let him marry her. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/34.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Hamor appealed to them, saying: “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/genesis/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:</p><p class="hdg">The soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/34-3.htm">Genesis 34:3</a> And his soul was fast knit unto her; and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/11-2.htm">1 Kings 11:2</a> Of the nations concerning which the Lord said to the children of Israel: You shall not go in unto them, neither shall any of them come into yours: for they will most certainly turn away your hearts to follow their gods. And to these was Solomon joined with a most ardent love.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/63-1.htm">Psalm 63:1</a> A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom. [2] O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/84-2.htm">Psalm 84:2</a> my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/119-20.htm">Psalm 119:20</a> My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/genesis/34.htm">The Defiling of Dinah</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl">And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:</span><span class="reftext">9</span>And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/34-7.htm">Genesis 34:7</a></span><br />Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/34-9.htm">Genesis 34:9</a></span><br />And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../job/7-2.htm">Job 7:2</a></span><br />As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for the end of his work;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/22-27.htm">Jeremiah 22:27</a></span><br />And they shall not return into the land, whereunto they lift up their mind to return thither.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Cleaved</a> <a href="/genesis/2-24.htm">Cleaves</a> <a href="/genesis/23-8.htm">Communed</a> <a href="/genesis/34-7.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/genesis/30-34.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/genesis/30-1.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/34-6.htm">Hamor</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-27.htm">Longs</a> <a href="/genesis/29-26.htm">Marriage</a> <a href="/genesis/33-15.htm">Please</a> <a href="/genesis/34-7.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/genesis/34-6.htm">Shechem's</a> <a href="/genesis/34-3.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/genesis/34-4.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/genesis/23-8.htm">Talked</a> <a href="/genesis/34-4.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">Cleaved</a> <a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Cleaves</a> <a href="/genesis/34-20.htm">Communed</a> <a href="/genesis/34-17.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/genesis/39-7.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/genesis/35-29.htm">Full</a> <a href="/genesis/34-13.htm">Hamor</a> <a href="/genesis/42-28.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/12-5.htm">Longs</a> <a href="/genesis/34-9.htm">Marriage</a> <a href="/genesis/37-6.htm">Please</a> <a href="/genesis/34-11.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/genesis/34-26.htm">Shechem's</a> <a href="/genesis/35-18.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/genesis/39-17.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/genesis/34-20.htm">Talked</a> <a href="/genesis/34-12.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/genesis/34-8.htm">Genesis 34:8 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: as But daughter for give Hamor has heart her him his in longs marriage My of on Please said saying set Shechem son soul spoke The them to wife with your<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/34-8.htm">OT Law: Genesis 34:8 Hamor talked with them saying The soul (Gen. 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