Genesis 34:13

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, (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 never so much dower and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me: but give me the damsel for a wife.

14And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised: for that would be a reproach to us:

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Cross References

Genesis 25:27And the boys grew: and Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents.

2 Samuel 13:23And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

Job 13:7Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Proverbs 12:13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 24:28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Isaiah 59:13In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from 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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