Genesis 34:8-12 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 34:8-10

And Hamor communed (literally, spake ) with them ( i.e. the whole family, or Jacob and his sons), saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for —the root ( חָשַׁק ) signifies to join together, intrans; to be joined together, hence to cleave to another in love (cf. Deuteronomy 7:7 , Deuteronomy 7:10 , Deuteronomy 7:15 ; Deuteronomy 21:11 ); of similar import to the word ( דָּבַק ) employed in Genesis 34:3 , which means to be devotedly attached to any one, as, ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 34:11-12

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren (speaking with becoming deference and earnestness, and manifestly prompted by fervent and sincere love), Let me find grace in your eyes ,— i.e. let my suit be accepted ( vide Genesis 33:15 )— and what ye shall say unto me I will give. Ask me never so much dowry and gift ,—literally, multiply upon me exceedingly dowry and gift; the dowry ( mohar ) being the price paid for a wife to her parents (cf. Exodus 22:16 ; 1 Samuel... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 34:1-31

- Dinah’s DishonorThis chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers.Genesis 34:1-5Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the marriageable age of a female at twelve years and a day. It is probable that Dinah was in her thirteenth year when she went out to visit the daughters of the land. Six or seven years, therefore, must have been spent by Jacob between Sukkoth, where he abode some time, and the neighborhood of Shekerm,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 34:8

Genesis 34:8. Hamor communed with them Not only with Jacob, but with his sons, to whom Jacob had imprudently referred him. And here we have a particular account of the treaty, in which, it is a shame to say, the Canaanites were more honest than the Israelites. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 34:10

Genesis 34:10. The land shall be before you That is, in your power, to dwell where you please, and to have the same rights and privileges in it which we have. Get you possessions therein Or take possession in it, that is, in any vacant part of it: use it for pasture or tillage, as you think good, and take the benefit to yourselves. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 34:12-13

Genesis 34:12-13 . Ask me never so much dowry and gift Dowry to her for her portion, according to the ancient custom of men’s buying their wives, Exodus 22:17; and gift to you, either for reparation of the past injury, or in testimony of my respect to you, and desire of her. The sons of Jacob answered deceitfully Pretending and promising marriages with them upon that condition, which they never intended. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 34:1-31

Back in Canaan (33:18-35:15)From Succoth Jacob later moved with his household across the Jordan River into Canaan itself and settled in Shechem. By buying a piece of land, he gained permanent possession of part of the land God had promised to him and his descendants (18-20; cf. 23:1-20; 28:1-5).When the son of a local headman raped Jacob’s daughter Dinah, the headman suggested to Jacob that his son marry Dinah, and that Jacob’s sons marry the local Canaanite women (34:1-12). Jacob’s sons agreed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 34:8

soul. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13 . Figure of speech. Synecdoche (of Part) and Pleonasm, ( App-6 ), to emphasise the intensity of the longing. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 34:12

gift. The noun put by Metonymy for the verb = ask me to give, &c. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 34:8-12

"And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her unto him to wife. And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes and what ye say unto me I will give. Ask me never so much dowry... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 34:8-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 34:11-12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 34:1-31

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 34:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 34:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 34:12-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 34:1-31

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 34:8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 34:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 34:8-12

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