Genesis 34:2

“And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Genesis 34:2

And when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite, prince of the countrey saw her, he tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.
- Basic English Bible

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
- Darby Bible

And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
- English Revised Version

Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
- World English Bible

Bible Commentary for Genesis 34:2

Wesley's Notes for Genesis 34:2


34:1 Dinah was then about fifteen or sixteen years of age when she went out to see the daughters of the land - Probably on some public day. She went to see; yet that was not all, she went to be seen too: she went to see the daughters of the land, but it may be with some thoughts of the sons of the land too.


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