Genesis 34:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?

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  • Prov 6:34 : 34 For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.
  • Gen 34:13 : 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 49:7 : 7 A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

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    25 But 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.

    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;

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    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.

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    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?

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    30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

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    14 Then Rachel and Leah said to him in answer, What part or heritage is there for us in our father's house?

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

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    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.

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    11 And when she took them to give them to him, he put his arms round her and said, Come to bed, my sister.

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    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.