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Genesis 34:8

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

Genesis 34:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 34:8

Theological / Devotional

Hamor communed. Hamor, Shechem’s father, had come to ask Jacob for his daughter (v. 6), but since Jacob’s sons reached home at the same time (v. 7), he spoke to them also. The father and brothers of a maiden were considered her legal guardians (see ch. 24:50).

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