Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to converse with him.
New American Standard Bible
Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
King James Version
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
Holman Bible
Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
International Standard Version
Meanwhile, Shechem's father Hamor arrived to talk to Jacob.
American Standard Version
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
Amplified
But Shechem’s father Hamor went to Jacob to talk with him.
Bible in Basic English
Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.
Darby Translation
And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.
Julia Smith Translation
And Hamor the father of Shechem will go forth to Jacob to speak to him.
King James 2000
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Hamor, father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.
Modern King James verseion
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob, to commune with him.
NET Bible
Then Shechem's father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.
New Heart English Bible
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
The Emphasized Bible
Then came forth Hamor, father of Shechem, unto Jacob, - to speak with him.
Webster
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him.
World English Bible
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;
Themes
Marriage » Modes of demanding women in
Marriage » Often contracted by parents for children
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 34:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Rape Of Dinah And The Massacre At Shechem
5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. And his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to converse with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. And the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in laying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.