And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
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Gill's Exposition
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,.... And told him the whole affair, at least what a strong affection he had for Dinah:
saying, get me this damsel to wife; by which he meant not only that he…
- Dinah’s Dishonor This chapter records the rape of Dinah and the revenge of her brothers. Gen 34:1-5 Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land. The Jewish doctors of a later period fix the…
Dinah was, for aught that appears, Jacob's only daughter, and we may suppose her therefore the mother's fondling and the darling of the family, and yet she proves neither a joy nor a credit to them;…
Cambridge Bible
Get me The parents were accustomed to obtain a wife for their son: see Gen 21:21; Gen 24:3-4; Jdg 14:2.