Genesis 34:13

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

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In The King James Version

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

In Context

12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me, but give me the damsel to wife.

14and said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that is a reproach to us.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27And the boys grew. And Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field. And Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.

2 Samuel 13:23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

Job 13:7Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

Proverbs 12:13A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.

Isaiah 59:13transgressing and denying LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:7-18

Treachery of Dinah's Brethren. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your… Read the whole commentary →

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