Genesis 34:13

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he 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 a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”

14and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27The boys grew. Esau was a skilful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

2 Samuel 13:23After two full years, Absalom had sheep shearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

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

Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 24:28Don’t be a witness against your neighbour without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.

Isaiah 59:13transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering 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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