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Their wordsוַ דִבְרֵיהֶםseemed goodיִּיטְבוּin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Hamorחֲמוֹרand in the eyesוּבְעֵינֵיof Shechem,שְׁכֶםHamor’sחֲמוֹרson.בֶּן
Genesis 34:18
Study it in the app“Their words seemed good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s son.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:18, word by word
- Their wordsדִבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- seemed goodיִּיטְבוּyitvu
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitvu” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of Hamorחֲמוֹרchamor
Hamor
Hamor, the Hivite ruler of the city of Shechem and father of Shechem.
Where else “chamor” appears- of Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
Places in this verse
Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
The context
17But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.”
18 · This verse (above)
19The young man did not delay to do the thing, for he delighted in the daughter of Jacob; and he was the most honored of all the house of his father.
To study Genesis 34 in a group
1. What it says
What did Simeon and Levi do after what happened to Dinah (vv. 25-26)?
2. What it means
Why was Jacob upset with them, and what did his sons answer (vv. 30-31)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond to an injustice without paying back harm?