And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
Ver. 4: Get me this damsel to wife.] This is praise worthy in Shechem, as bad as he was, that he correcteth his base-born love, or lust rather, by seeking to make her his wife; not without consent of parents on both sides; which, in the Church of Rome, is ofttimes not regarded. Children are a principal part of their parents' possessions, as Job's children were accounted by Satan; yea, a piece of themselves. "Have mercy upon me," that is, "upon my daughter". Mat 15:22 Fit it is, therefore, that they should by the parents be disposed of in marriage.