Genesis 34:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
Douay-Rheims

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל־חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר קַֽח־לִ֛י אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

John Chrysostom

4th centuryChurch Father

"And spoke after the heart of the maiden." What is the significance of this? Given her youth, he spoke to her in a manner that would inspire and captivate her. He then addressed his father, saying, "Take me this maiden to be my wife."

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Judg 14:2He came up, and told his father and his mother, saying: I saw a woman in Thamnatha of the daughters of the Philistines: I beseech you, take her for me to wife.
Gen 21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
2 Sam 13:13For I shall not be able to bear my shame, and thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel: but rather speak to the king, and he will not deny me to thee.