Genesis 34:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

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  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
  • 2 Sam 15:2 : 2 And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,
  • Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husband is a man of note in the public place, when he takes his seat among the responsible men of the land.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Be haters of evil and lovers of good, and let right be done in the public place: it may be that the Lord, the God of armies, will have mercy on the rest of Joseph.
  • Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;
  • Gen 23:10 : 10 Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,
  • Deut 17:5 : 5 Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 34:6-13
    8 verses
    89%

    6 Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.

    7 Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

    8 But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

    9 And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

    10 Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

    11 And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.

    12 However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.

    13 But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

  • Gen 34:17-19
    3 verses
    86%

    17 But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

    18 And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

    19 And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

  • Gen 34:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1 Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

    2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

    3 Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

    4 And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.

  • Gen 34:23-24
    2 verses
    84%

    23 Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.

    24 Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

  • Gen 34:21
    83%

    21 It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 34:26-27
    2 verses
    78%

    26 And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

    27 And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

  • Gen 33:19
    74%

    19 And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.