Genesis 34:13

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

Darby Translation

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

12Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.

14and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach to us.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27And the boys grew, and Esau became a man skilled in hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob was a homely man, dwelling in tents.

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

Job 13:7Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?

Proverbs 12:13In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.

Proverbs 24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

Isaiah 59:13in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from 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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