Genesis 34:13

The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

12Raise the dowery,, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

14We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27And when they were grown up, Esau became a skillful hunter, and a husbandman, but Jacob a plain man dwelt in tents.

2 Samuel 13:23And it came to pass after two years, that the sheep of Absalom were shorn in Baalhasor, which is near Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons:

Job 13:7Hath God any need of your lie, that you should speak deceitfully for him?

Proverbs 12:13For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil mall: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Proverbs 24:28Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.

Isaiah 59:13In sinning and lying against the Lord: and we have turned away so that we went not after our God, but spoke calumny and transgression : we have conceived, and uttered 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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