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Genesis 34:4

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

KJV

Et pergens ad Hemor patrem suum : Accipe, inquit, mihi puellam hanc conjugem.

Vulgate

εἶπεν δὲ Συχὲμ πρὸς Ἐμμὼρ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ λέγων Λάβε μοι τὴν παιδίσκην ταύτην εἰς γυναῖκα.

LXX

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֖י/ו לֵ/אמֹ֑ר קַֽח לִ֛/י אֶת הַ/יַּלְדָּ֥ה הַ/זֹּ֖את לְ/אִשָּֽׁה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
חֲמ֥וֹר
chmvr
proper_noun · 13×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יַּלְדָּ֥ה
yldh
noun · 2×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
שְׁכֶ֔ם
shkm
proper_noun · 63×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 29:6 — Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminishe
  • Judg 14:2 — And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
  • Judg 14:2 — And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.