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Genesis 34
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The Treachery of Jacob's Sons

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Gen 34:1 - Now Dinah^H1783 the daughter^H1323 of Leah,^H3812 whom^H834 she had borne^H3205 to Jacob,^H3290 went^H3318 out to [fn]visit^H7200 the daughters^H1323 of the land.^H776

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Gen 34:2 - When Shechem^H7927 the son^H1121 of Hamor^H2544 the Hivite,^H2340 the prince^H5387 of the land,^H776 saw^H7200 her, he took^H3947 her and lay^H7901 with her [fn]by force.^H6031

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Gen 34:3 - [fn]He was deeply^H1692 attracted^H1692 to Dinah^H1783 the daughter^H1323 of Jacob,^H3290 and he loved^H157 the girl^H5291 and [fn]spoke^H1696 tenderly^H3820 to her.

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Gen 34:4 - So Shechem^H7927 spoke^H559 to his father^H1 Hamor,^H2544 saying,^H559 “Get^H3947 me this^H2088 young^H3207 girl^H3207 for a wife.”^H802

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Gen 34:5 - Now Jacob^H3290 heard^H8085 that he had defiled^H2930 Dinah^H1783 his daughter;^H1323 but his sons^H1121 were with his livestock^H4735 in the field,^H7704 so Jacob^H3290 kept^H2790 silent^H2790 until^H5704 they came^H935 in.

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Gen 34:6 - Then Hamor^H2544 the father^H1 of Shechem^H7927 went^H3318 out to Jacob^H3290 to speak^H1696 with him.

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Gen 34:7 - Now the sons^H1121 of Jacob^H3290 came^H935 in from the field^H7704 when they heard^H8085 it; and the men^H376 were grieved,^H6087 and they were very^H3966 angry^H2734 because^H3588 he had done^H6213 a [fn]disgraceful^H5039 thing^H5039 in Israel^H3478 [fn]by lying^H7901 with Jacob’s^H3290 daughter,^H1323 for such^H3651 a thing^H3651 ought not to be done.^H6213

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Gen 34:8 - But Hamor^H2544 spoke^H1696 with them, saying,^H559 “The soul^H5315 of my son^H1121 Shechem^H7927 longs^H2836 for your daughter;^H1323 please^H4994 give^H5414 her to him [fn]in marriage.^H802

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Gen 34:9 - “Intermarry^H2859 with us; give^H5414 your daughters^H1323 to us and take^H3947 our daughters^H1323 for yourselves.

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Gen 34:10 - “Thus you shall [fn]live^H3427 with us, and the land^H776 shall be open before^H6440 you; [fn]live^H3427 and trade^H5503 in it and acquire^H270 property^H270 in it.”

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Gen 34:11 - Shechem^H7927 also said^H559 to her father^H1 and to her brothers,^H251 “If I find^H4672 favor^H2580 in your sight,^H5869 then I will give^H5414 whatever^H834 you say^H559 to me.

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Gen 34:12 - “Ask^H7235 me ever so^H3966 much^H7235^H3966 bridal^H4119 payment^H4119 and gift,^H4976 and I will give^H5414 according as you say^H559 to me; but give^H5414 me the girl^H5291 [fn]in marriage.”^H802

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Gen 34:13 - But Jacob’s^H3290 sons^H1121 answered^H6030 Shechem^H7927 and his father^H1 Hamor^H2544 with deceit,^H4820 because^H834 he had defiled^H2930 Dinah^H1783 their sister.^H269

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Gen 34:14 - They said^H559 to them, “We cannot^H3201^H3808 do^H6213 this^H2088 thing,^H1697 to give^H5414 our sister^H269 to one^H376 who^H834 is uncircumcised,^H6190 for that would be a disgrace^H2781 to us.

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Gen 34:15 - “Only^H389 on this^H2088 condition will we consent^H225 to you: if^H518 you will become^H1961 like^H3644 us, in that every^H3605 male^H2145 of you be circumcised,^H4135

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Gen 34:16 - then we will give^H5414 our daughters^H1323 to you, and we will take^H3947 your daughters^H1323 for ourselves, and we will [fn]live^H3427 with you and become^H1961 one^H259 people.^H5971

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Gen 34:17 - “But if^H518 you will not listen^H8085 to us to be circumcised,^H4135 then we will take^H3947 our daughter^H1323 and go.”^H1980

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Gen 34:18 - Now their words^H1697 seemed^H3190 [fn]reasonable^H3190 to Hamor^H2544 and Shechem,^H7927 Hamor’s^H2544 son.^H1121

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Gen 34:19 - The young^H5288 man^H5288 did not delay^H309 to do^H6213 the thing,^H1697 because^H3588 he was delighted^H2654 with Jacob’s^H3290 daughter.^H1323 Now he was more^H4480 respected^H3513 than^H4480 all^H3605 the household^H1004 of his father.^H1

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Gen 34:20 - So Hamor^H2544 and his son^H1121 Shechem^H7927 came^H935 to the gate^H8179 of their city^H5892 and spoke^H1696 to the men^H376 of their city,^H5892 saying,^H559

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Gen 34:21 - “These^H428 men^H376 are [fn]friendly^H8003 with us; therefore let them [fn]live^H3427 in the land^H776 and trade^H5503 in it, for behold,^H2009 the land^H776 is [fn]large^H7342^H3027 enough^H3027 for them. Let us take^H3947 their daughters^H1323 [fn]in marriage,^H802 and give^H5414 our daughters^H1323 to them.

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Gen 34:22 - “Only^H389 on this^H2088 condition will the men^H376 consent^H225 to us to [fn]live^H3427 with us, to become^H1961 one^H259 people:^H5971 that every^H3605 male^H2145 among us be circumcised^H4135 as they are circumcised.^H4135

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Gen 34:23 - “Will not their livestock^H4735 and their property^H7075 and all^H3605 their animals^H929 be ours? Only^H389 let us consent^H225 to them, and they will [fn]live^H3427 with us.”

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Gen 34:24 - All^H3605 who went^H3318 out of the gate^H8179 of his city^H5892 listened^H8085 to Hamor^H2544 and to his son^H1121 Shechem,^H7927 and every^H3605 male^H2145 was circumcised,^H4135 all^H3605 who went^H3318 out of the gate^H8179 of his city.^H5892

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Gen 34:25 - Now it came^H1961 about on the third^H7992 day,^H3117 when they were in pain,^H3510 that two^H8147 of Jacob’s^H3290 sons,^H1121 Simeon^H8095 and Levi,^H3878 Dinah’s^H1783 brothers,^H251 each^H376 took^H3947 his sword^H2719 and came^H935 upon the city^H5892 unawares,^H983 and killed^H2026 every^H3605 male.^H2145

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Gen 34:26 - They killed^H2026 Hamor^H2544 and his son^H1121 Shechem^H7927 with the edge^H6310 of the sword,^H2719 and took^H3947 Dinah^H1783 from Shechem’s^H7927 house,^H1004 and went^H3318 forth.^H3318

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Gen 34:27 - Jacob’s^H3290 sons^H1121 came^H935 upon the slain^H2491 and looted^H962 the city,^H5892 because^H834 they had defiled^H2930 their sister.^H269

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Gen 34:28 - They took^H3947 their flocks^H6629 and their herds^H1241 and their donkeys,^H2543 and that which^H834 was in the city^H5892 and that which^H834 was in the field;^H7704

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Gen 34:29 - and they captured^H7617 and looted^H962 all^H3605 their wealth^H2428 and all^H3605 their little^H2945 ones^H2945 and their wives,^H802 even all^H3605 that was in the houses.^H1004

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Gen 34:30 - Then Jacob^H3290 said^H559 to Simeon^H8095 and Levi,^H3878 “You have brought^H5916 trouble^H5916 on me by making^H887 me odious^H887 among the inhabitants^H3427 of the land,^H776 among the Canaanites^H3669 and the Perizzites;^H6522 and [fn]my men^H4962 being few^H4962 in number,^H4557 they will gather^H622 together against^H5921 me and [fn]attack^H5221 me and I will be destroyed,^H8045 I and my household.”^H1004

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Gen 34:31 - But they said,^H559 “Should he [fn]treat^H6213 our sister^H269 as a harlot?”^H2181

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NASB95 Footnotes

(34:1)

Literally: see

(34:2)

Literally: and humbled her

(34:3)

Literally: His soul clung

(34:3)

Literally: spoke to the heart of the girl

(34:7)

Literally: senseless

(34:7)

Literally: to lie

(34:8)

Literally: for a wife

(34:10)

Literally: dwell

(34:12)

Literally: for a wife

(34:16)

Literally: dwell

(34:18)

Literally: good

(34:21)

Literally: peaceful

(34:21)

Literally: dwell

(34:21)

Literally: wide of hands before them

(34:21)

Literally: to us for wives

(34:22)

Literally: dwell

(34:23)

Literally: dwell

(34:30)

Literally: I, few in number

(34:30)

Literally: smite

(34:31)

Or, make

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Genesis 34
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)