Genesis 34:4

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Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as my wife."

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  • Judg 14:2 : 2 He returned and told his father and mother, 'I have seen a woman in Timnah from the daughters of the Philistines. Now get her for me as a wife.'
  • 2 Sam 13:13 : 13 What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And you would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not withhold me from you.
  • Gen 21:21 : 21 While living in the wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

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  • Gen 34:5-13
    9 verses
    90%

    5Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but his sons were in the fields with the livestock, so Jacob kept silent until they came back.

    6Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.

    7Now Jacob's sons had come in from the fields when they heard, and the men were grieved and very angry, because this outrageous act had been done in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter—something that should not be done.

    8Hamor spoke with them, saying, "My son Shechem has set his heart on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

    9Make marriages with us: give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

    10You can dwell with us, and the land will be open to you: live, trade in it, and acquire property here.

    11Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you ask of me, I will give.

    12Set the bride price and gift as high as you like, and I will pay whatever you ask me; just give me the young woman as a wife."

    13But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah.

  • Gen 34:1-3
    3 verses
    88%

    1Now Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to observe the women of the land.

    2And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He seized her, lay with her, and violated her.

    3But his heart was deeply attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

  • Gen 34:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    17But if you will not listen to us and get circumcised, we will take our daughter and leave.

    18Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.

    19The young man did not delay in doing the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most respected of all his father’s household.

    20Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying:

    21"These men are at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land is spacious enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 34:26-27
    2 verses
    82%

    26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.

    27The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled.

  • Gen 34:24
    78%

    24All who went out of the gate of the city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised—all who went out of the gate of the city.