Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

Took her

Bible References

Saw her

Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of mankind were beautiful, and they took any they chose as wives for themselves.
Genesis 39:6
He left all that he owned under Joseph’s authority; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.

Now Joseph was well-built and handsome.
Judges 14:1
Samson went down to Timnah and saw a young Philistine woman there.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Job 31:1
I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?
Proverbs 13:20
The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
Matthew 5:28
But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Took her

Genesis 20:2
Abraham said about his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

Defiled her

Deuteronomy 21:14
Then if you are not satisfied with her, you are to let her go where she wants, but you must not sell her for money or treat her as merchandise, because you have humiliated her.
Deuteronomy 22:24
you must take the two of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s fiancée. You must purge the evil from you.
Judges 19:24
Here, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine now. Use them and do whatever you want to them. But don’t do this horrible thing to this man.”
Ezekiel 22:10
Men within you have sexual intercourse with their father’s wife and violate women during their menstrual impurity.

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