Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young girl for a wife.”

King James Version

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

Holman Bible

“Get me this girl as a wife,” he told his father Hamor.

International Standard Version

Then Shechem told his father Hamor, "Get this young woman for me to be my wife."

A Conservative Version

And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

American Standard Version

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

Amplified

So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

Bible in Basic English

And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.

Darby Translation

And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.

Julia Smith Translation

And Shechem will say to Hamor his father, saying, Take to me this maid for a wife.

King James 2000

And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for my wife.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So Shechem said to Hamor his father, saying, "Get this girl for me as a wife."

Modern King James verseion

And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this girl for a wife.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and spake unto his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this maiden unto my wife."

NET Bible

Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Acquire this young girl as my wife."

New Heart English Bible

Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."

The Emphasized Bible

Then spake Shechem unto Hamor his father, saying, - Take me this girl to wife!

Webster

And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for a wife.

World English Bible

Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."

Youngs Literal Translation

And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for me this damsel for a wife.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And Shechem
שׁכם 
Sh@kem 
Usage: 49

חמור 
Chamowr 
Usage: 13

Get
לקח 
Laqach 
Usage: 966

ילדּה 
Yaldah 
Usage: 3

References

Context Readings

The Rape Of Dinah And The Massacre At Shechem

3 He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. 4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young girl for a wife.” 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in.


Cross References

Judges 14:2

So he came back and told his father and mother, “I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife.”

Genesis 21:21

He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

2 Samuel 13:13

As for me, where could I get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

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