Genesis 34:4 (BSB)

So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

From Genesis 34. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 34:4

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 34:4: 4. And Shechem said to his father Hamor. In this place it is more clearly expressed, that Shechem desired to have Dinah for his wife; for his lust was not so unbridled, that when he had defiled, he despised her.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 34:1-5: Dinah was, for aught that appears, Jacob's only daughter, and we may suppose her therefore the mother's fondling and the darling of the family, and yet she proves neither a joy nor a credit to them; for those children seldom prove either the best or the happiest that are most indulged. She is reckoned now but fifteen or sixteen years of age when she here occasioned so much mischief.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 34:4: And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,.... And told him the whole affair, at least what a strong affection he had for Dinah: saying, get me this damsel to wife; by which he meant not only that he would give his consent that he might marry her, but that he would get her parents' consent unto it, and settle the matter with them; by which...
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Genesis 34:4: And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. (b) This proves that the consent of parents is required in marriage, seeing that even the infidels observed it as a necessary thing.