Genesis 34:20
Modern Translations
New International Version
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.

New Living Translation
and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.

English Standard Version
So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Berean Study Bible
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

New American Standard Bible
So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the people of their city, saying,

NASB 1995
So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

NASB 1977
So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Amplified Bible
Then Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their [walled] city [where the leading men would meet] and spoke with the men of the city, saying,

Christian Standard Bible
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men there."

Contemporary English Version
The two men met with the other leaders of their city and told them:

Good News Translation
Hamor and his son Shechem went to the meeting place at the city gate and spoke to the people of the town:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to their city gate to speak to the men of their city. They said,

International Standard Version
So Hamor and his son Shechem entered the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city.

NET Bible
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

New King James Version
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:

King James 2000 Bible
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying,

New Heart English Bible
Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

World English Bible
Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

American King James Version
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

American Standard Version
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

A Faithful Version
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

Darby Bible Translation
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

English Revised Version
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Then Hamor and Shechem his Sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Then Hemor and Sichem his sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Then came Hemor and Sichem his sonne vnder ye gate of cite, and comened with the citisens of the cite, and saide:

Tyndale Bible of 1526
Tha Hemor and Sichem went vnto the gate of their cyte and comened with the men of their cyte sayncte.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And Hamor comes—his son Shechem also—to the gate of their city, and they speak to the men of their city, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

Smith's Literal Translation
And Hamor will come, and Shechem his son, to the gate of their city, and they will speak to the men of the city, saying,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And entering at the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And Khamor came, and Shekeem his son, to the gate of their city and they spoke with the men of their city and they said to them,

Lamsa Bible
Then Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their town and spoke to the men of their town, saying,

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
















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