World English Bible
Genesis 34:19
“The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.”
Verse in context — Genesis 34
But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.
Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.
The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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