Genesis 34:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 34:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 34:4 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 34:4 — KJV
“And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.”
— Genesis 34:4 (KJV)
Genesis 34:4 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 34:4
“And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 34:4: shechem, hamor, saying
“The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 34:4: spake, father, saying
“Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 34:4: father, saying, get
“If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 34:4: father, saying, wife
“And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;”
Shares key themes with Genesis 34:4: father, damsel, wife
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