Genesis 34:19

34:19 The young man did not delay in doing what they asked42 because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah43 badly. (Now he was more important44 than anyone in his father’s household.)45

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42	tn Heb “doing the thing.”
43	tn Heb “Jacob’s daughter.” The proper name “Dinah” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
44	tn The Hebrew verb כָּבֵד (kaved), translated “was … important,” has the primary meaning “to be heavy,” but here carries a secondary sense of “to be important” (that is, “heavy” in honor or respect).
45	tn The parenthetical disjunctive clause explains why the community would respond to him (see vv. 20–24).