Genesis 34:13

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spake (because he had defiled Dinah their sister)—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

12Heap on me, exceedingly, dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me,—but give me the young woman, to wife.

14and said unto them—We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man that is uncircumcised,—for a reproach, it would be to us.

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27And when the youths grew up, it came to pass that Esau was a man skilled in game a man of the field,—but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents.

2 Samuel 13:23And it came to pass, after two years of days, that Absolom had, sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephron,—and Absolom invited all the king’s sons.

Job 13:7Is it, for God, ye would speak perversely? And, for him, would ye speak deceit:

Proverbs 12:13By the transgression of the lips, is the wicked man, ensnared, but the righteous, cometh out of distress.

Proverbs 24:28Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:

Isaiah 59:13Transgressing, and denying Yahweh, And turning away from following our God,—Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving, and muttering 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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