Genesis 34:13

But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

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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

12Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

14“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

Job 13:7Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?

Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

Proverbs 24:28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Isaiah 59:13rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

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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