Genesis 34:4
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
And Shechem spake vnto his father Hamor, saying, Get mee this damsell to wife.
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- Judges 14:2Rank 1 from verse 4
2And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
2And hee came vp, and told his father and his mother, and said, I haue seene a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines: nowe therefore get her for me to wife.
- 2 Samuel 13:13Rank 2 from verse 4
13And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
13And I, whither shall I cause my shame to goe? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fooles in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, speake vnto the king, for he will not withhold me from thee.
- Genesis 21:21Rank 3 from verse 4
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Genesis 34:4
The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.
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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.
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To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, by almost any means.
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A girl or young woman.
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34:1AND Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
34:1¶ And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which shee bare vnto Iacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
34:2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
34:2And when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite, prince of the countrey saw her, he tooke her, and lay with her, and †defiled her.
34:3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
34:3And his soule claue vnto Dinah the daughter of Iacob, and hee loued the damsell, and spake †kindly vnto the damsell.
34:4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
34:4And Shechem spake vnto his father Hamor, saying, Get mee this damsell to wife.
Selected passage34:5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
34:5And Iacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter (now his sonnes were with his cattel in the field) and Iacob helde his peace vntill they were come.