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Genesis 34:1 (show verse)
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
Genesis 34:2 (show verse)
When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
Genesis 34:3 (show verse)
Genesis 34:4 (show verse)
So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young girl for a wife.”
Genesis 34:5 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 34:6 (show verse)
Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
Genesis 34:7 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 34:8 (show verse)
But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.
Genesis 34:9 (show verse)
Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.
Genesis 34:10 (show verse)
Thus you shall live with us, and the land shall be open before you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it.”
Genesis 34:11 (show verse)
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 (show verse)
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.”
Genesis 34:13 (show verse)
But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
Genesis 34:14 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 34:15 (show verse)
Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised,
Genesis 34:16 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 34:17 (show verse)
But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.”
Genesis 34:18 (show verse)
Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
Genesis 34:19 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 34:20 (show verse)
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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Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Gates » Of cities » Conferences held at
Gates » Conferences on public affairs
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Gates » Of cities » Conferences held at
Gates » Conferences on public affairs
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Genesis 34:21 (show verse)
“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.
Genesis 34:22 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 34:23 (show verse)
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.”
Genesis 34:24 (show verse)
Genesis 34:25 (show verse)
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.
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Simeon and levi
Revenge » Exemplified » Simon and levi
Revenge » Exemplified » By simeon and levi
Simeon » The son of jacob
Swords » Was used » By the patriarchs
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Simeon and levi
Revenge » Exemplified » Simon and levi
Revenge » Exemplified » By simeon and levi
Simeon » The son of jacob
Swords » Was used » By the patriarchs
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Genesis 34:26 (show verse)
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went forth.
Genesis 34:27 (show verse)
Jacob’s sons came upon the slain and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Genesis 34:28 (show verse)
They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field;
Genesis 34:29 (show verse)
and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even all that was in the houses.
Genesis 34:30 (show verse)
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.”
Chiding » Jacob chides simeon and levi for killing hamor and shechem
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Simeon and levi
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, toward his sons, after dinah's defilement
Simeon » Son of jacob » Jacob's denunciation of
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Simeon and levi
Prudence » Instances of » Jacob, toward his sons, after dinah's defilement
Simeon » Son of jacob » Jacob's denunciation of
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Genesis 34:31 (show verse)
But they said, “Should he treat our sister as a harlot?”
Deception » Instances of » Jacob's sons, in entrapping the shechemites
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Harlots » General references to
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Simeon and levi
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Women » Harlots » General references to
Dishonesty » Instances of » Simeon and levi deceive the shechemites
Harlots » General references to
Homicide » Instances of felonious » Simeon and levi
Vengeance » Instance of » Sons of jacob on hamor and shechem
Women » Harlots » General references to