Genesis 34:13

But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor

Translation for Translators

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

12Tell me what gifts you want and what bride price you want, and I will give you what you ask for. I just want you to give the girl to me to be my wife.”

14by saying to them, “No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He spent a lot of time out in the fields. Jacob was a quiet man who stayed close to the campsite.

2 Samuel 13:23Two years later, Absalom’s servants were shearing sheep at Baal-Hazor, which is near a town named Ephraim. When they finished shearing the sheep, they celebrated, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons to come and celebrate.

Job 13:7Are you telling lies about me to prove God is just in causing me to suffer? Are you saying what is deceitful in order to benefit him?

Proverbs 12:13Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say [MTY], but righteous people escape from trouble.

Proverbs 24:28In the courtroom do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not try to deceive people by what you say [MTY].

Isaiah 59:13We know that we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We ◄oppress people/treat people cruelly► by what we testify against them; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We [SYN] think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them.

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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