Genesis 34:8

WEB

⁸Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

KJV

⁸And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

BSB

⁸But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

FBV

⁸Hamor told them, “My son Shechem is very much in love with your daughter and your sister Dinah.^[+] Please allow him to marry her.

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Extra References

1 Kings 11:2

²of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, “You shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.” Solomon joined to these in love.

Genesis 34:3

³His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

Psalms 63:1

¹God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

Psalms 119:20

²⁰My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.

Psalms 84:2

²My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.