Genesis 34:13

And the Bnei Ya'akov answered Shechem and Chamor aviv in mirmar (deceit) and spoke because he had made Dinah their achot tameh;

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 mohar (bride price, dowry) and mattan (gift), and I will pay according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the na'arah as isha.

14And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give achoteinu (our sister) to ish that is arelah (uncircumcised); for that would be a cherpah (reproach, disgrace) unto us;

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27And the nearim grew: and Esav was a skilled hunter, an ish sadeh; and Ya'akov was an ish tam (quiet man), dwelling in ohalim.

2 Samuel 13:23And it came to pass after two full shanim, that Avshalom had gozezim (sheepshearers) in Ba'al-Chatzor, which is in Ephrayim; and Avshalom invited all the Bnei HaMelech.

Job 13:7Will ye talk wickedly on behalf of El (G-d) 1 and speak deceitfully for Him? 1

Proverbs 12:13The rah is ensnared by the peysha (transgression) of his sfatayim (lips), 1 but the tzaddik shall escape from tzoros. 1

Proverbs 24:28Be not an ed (witness) against thy re'a without cause, 1 and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips). 1

Isaiah 59:13In rebelling against and kachash (denying) Hashem, 1 and nasog (turning away) from Eloheinu, 1 speaking oshek (oppression) and sarah (revolt), 1 conceiving and uttering from the lev (heart) divrei sheker (words of falsehood). 1

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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