Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Wife » Procured
And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for me this damsel for a wife.' And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming. And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him; read more.
and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done. And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, 'Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife, and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves, and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade in it, and have possessions in it.'
and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it is very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done. And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, 'Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife, and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves, and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade in it, and have possessions in it.'
And Judah taketh a wife for Er, his first-born, and her name is Tamar;