Genesis 34:13

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, because Shechem had defiled Dinah their sister.

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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 for as great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.”

14They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to anyone who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27The boys grew up, and Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field; but Jacob was a quiet man, who spent his time in the tents.

2 Samuel 13:23It came about after two full years that Absalom had sheep shearers working at Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons to visit there.

Job 13:7Will you speak unrighteously for God, 1 and will you talk deceitfully for him? 1

Proverbs 12:13An evil person is trapped by his wicked talk, 1 but the righteous person escapes from trouble. 1

Proverbs 24:28Do not bear witness against your neighbor without cause 1 and do not deceive with your lips. 1

Isaiah 59:13We have rebelled, denying Yahweh and turning away from following our God. 1 We have spoken extortion and turning aside, conceived complaining from the heart and words of lying. 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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