Genesis 34:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 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,
  • Gen 23:18 : 18 Became the property of Abraham before the eyes of the children of Heth and of all who came into the town.
  • Isa 1:10-16 : 10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. 11 What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet? 13 Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings. 14 Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them. 15 And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;
  • Matt 7:6 : 6 Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.
  • Gen 17:23 : 23 And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

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  • Gen 34:25-27
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    25But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

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

    27And 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 34:17-23
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    17But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

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

    19And 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.

    20Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

    21It 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.

    22But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.

    23Then 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.

  • Gen 34:1-4
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    1Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

    2And 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.

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

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

  • Gen 34:6-8
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    6Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.

    7Now 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.

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

  • Gen 34:13-14
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    13But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

    14And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us: