Rashi
Jewish
1040–1105
“חשקה means desires.”
The interpretation timeline
Gen 34:8
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
Gen 34:8 · Douay-Rheims
“And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:”
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.