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The Defiling of Dinah

Genesis 34:4

In 11 translations

BSB
So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
KJV
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
WEB
Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
ASV
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
LSV
And Shechem speaks to his father Hamor, saying, “Take for me this girl for a wife.”
YLT
And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for me this damsel for a wife.'
DBY
And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.
DRC
And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
GNV
Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this maide to wife.
JPS
And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'
LXXE
Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל־חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר קַֽח־לִ֛י אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
LXX-Br
Εἶπε Συχὲμ πρὸς Ἐμμὼρ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, λέγων, λάβε μοι τὴν παῖδα ταύτην εἰς γυναῖκα.

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  • Judges 14:2So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
  • Genesis 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
  • 2 Samuel 13:13Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

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