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The
Treachery of Jacob's Sons |
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Genesis 34:1
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Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had
borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. |
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Genesis 34:2
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When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the
prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. |
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Genesis 34:3
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He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter
of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. |
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Genesis 34:4
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So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying,
"Get me this young girl for a wife." |
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Genesis 34:5
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Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his
daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent
until they came in. |
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Genesis 34:6
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Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to
Jacob to speak with him. |
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Genesis 34:7
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Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field
when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because
he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for
such a thing ought not to be done. |
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Genesis 34:8
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But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul
of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage. |
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Genesis 34:9
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"Intermarry with us; give your daughters to
us and take our daughters for yourselves. |
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Genesis 34:10
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"Thus you shall live with us, and the land shall
be open before you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it." |
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Genesis 34:11
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Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers,
"If I find favor in your sight, then I will give whatever you say to me. |
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Genesis 34:12
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"Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift,
and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage." |
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Genesis 34:13
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But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father
Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister. |
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Genesis 34:14
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They said to them, "We cannot do this thing,
to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to
us. |
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Genesis 34:15
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"Only on this condition will we consent to you:
if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised, |
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Genesis 34:16
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then we will give our daughters to you, and
we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live with you and become
one people. |
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Genesis 34:17
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"But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised,
then we will take our daughter and go." |
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Genesis 34:18
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Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and
Shechem, Hamor's son. |
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Genesis 34:19
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The young man did not delay to do the thing,
because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more respected than
all the household of his father. |
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Genesis 34:20
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So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate
of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, |
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Genesis 34:21
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"These men are friendly with us; therefore let
them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for
them. Let us take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them.
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Genesis 34:22
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"Only on this condition will the men consent
to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised
as they are circumcised. |
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Genesis 34:23
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"Will not their livestock and their property
and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live
with us." |
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Genesis 34:24
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All who went out of the gate of his city listened
to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went
out of the gate of his city. |
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Genesis 34:25
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Now it came about on the third day, when they
were in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each
took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male. |
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Genesis 34:26
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They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the
edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went forth. |
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Genesis 34:27
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Jacob's sons came upon the slain and looted
the city, because they had defiled their sister. |
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Genesis 34:28
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They took their flocks and their herds and their
donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field; |
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Genesis 34:29
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and they captured and looted all their wealth
and all their little ones and their wives, even all that was in the houses. |
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Genesis 34:30
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Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have
brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among
the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my men being few in number, they will gather
together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household." |
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Genesis 34:31
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But they said, "Should he treat our sister as
a harlot?" |
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