Genesis 34:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Josh 7:15 : 15 Then the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.
  • Judg 20:6 : 6 So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.
  • Deut 22:21 : 21 Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.
  • Gen 20:9 : 9 Then Abimelech sent for Abraham, and said, What have you done to us? what wrong have I done you that you have put on me and on my kingdom so great a sin? You have done to me things which are not to be done.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.
  • Jas 3:10 : 10 Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
  • Gen 46:7 : 7 His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his daughters' sons and all his family he took with him into Egypt.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine: 6 And you will be a kingdom of priests to me, and a holy nation. These are the words which you are to say to the children of Israel.
  • Lev 4:2 : 2 Say to the children of Israel: These are the offerings of anyone who does wrong through error, doing any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done:
  • Lev 4:13 : 13 And if all the people of Israel do wrong, without anyone's knowledge; if they have done any of the things which by the Lord's order are not to be done, causing sin to come on them;
  • Lev 4:27 : 27 And if any one of the common people does wrong in error, doing any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, causing sin to come on him;
  • Deut 23:17 : 17 No daughter of Israel is to let herself be used as a loose woman for a strange god, and no son of Israel is to give himself to a man.
  • Judg 19:22-25 : 22 While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take our pleasure with him. 23 So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong. 24 See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man. 25 But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.
  • 2 Sam 13:12-13 : 12 And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing. 13 What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you.
  • 2 Sam 13:21 : 21 But when King David had news of all these things he was very angry; but he did not make trouble for Amnon his son, for he was dear to David, being his oldest son.
  • Ps 93:5 : 5 Your witness is most certain; it is right for your house to be holy, O Lord, for ever.
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 I saw among the young men one without sense,
  • 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.
  • 1 Cor 10:8 : 8 Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.
  • Eph 5:3 : 3 But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say.

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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.

    5Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

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

  • Gen 34:24-27
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    24Then 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.

    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 34:13-14
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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:

  • Gen 34:8-9
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    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?

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  • Gen 34:18-20
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    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,

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    31But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?