Genesis 34:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Hamor and Shechem his Sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying,

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  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 Then went Boaz vp to the gate, and sate there, and beholde, the kinsman, of whome Boaz had spoken, came by: and he sayd, Ho, snch one, come, sit downe here; he turned, and sate downe.
  • 2 Sam 15:2 : 2 And Absalom rose vp early, & stoode hard by the entring in of the gate: and euery man that had any matter, & came to the King for iudgement, him did Absalom call vnto him, and sayde, Of what citie art thou? And he answered, Thy seruant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out to the gate, euen to the iudgement seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seate in the streete.
  • Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husband is knowen in the gates, when he sitteth with the Elders of the land.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the euil, and loue the good, and establish iudgement in the gate: it may bee that the Lorde God of hostes will be mercifull vnto the remnant of Ioseph.
  • Zech 8:16 : 16 These are ye things that ye shall doe. Speake ye euery man the trueth vnto his neighbour: execute iudgement truly & vprightly in your gates,
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 Therefore will I surely blesse thee, and will greatly multiplie thy seede, as the starres of the heauen, and as the sand which is vpon the sea shore, and thy seede shall possesse the gate of his enemies.
  • Gen 23:10 : 10 (For Ephron dwelt among the Hittites) Then Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of all the Hittites that went in at the gates of his citie, saying,
  • Deut 17:5 : 5 Then shalt thou bring foorth that man, or that woman (which haue committed that wicked thing) vnto thy gates, whether it be man or woman, & shalt stone them with stones, til they die.

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  • Gen 34:6-13
    8 verses
    89%

    6Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out vnto Iaakob to commune with him.

    7And whe the sonnes of Iaakob were come out of the fielde and heard it, it grieued the men, & they were very angry, because he had wrought villenie in Israel, in that he had lyen with Iaakobs daughter: which thing ought not to be done.

    8And Hamor communed with them, saying, the soule of my sonne Shechem longeth for your daughter: giue her him to wife, I pray you.

    9So make affinitie with vs: giue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you,

    10And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and doe your businesse in it, and haue your possessions therein.

    11Shechem also said vnto her father & vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me.

    12Aske of me abundantly both dowrie and giftes, and I will giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife.

    13Then the sonnes of Iaakob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, talking deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

  • Gen 34:17-19
    3 verses
    86%

    17But if ye will not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and depart.

    18Nowe their wordes pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamors sonne.

    19And the yong man deferd not to doe the thing because he loued Iaakobs daughter: he was also the most set by of all his fathers house.

  • Gen 34:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1Then Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare vnto Iaakob, went out to see the daughters of that countrey.

    2Whome when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite lorde of that countrey sawe, hee tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

    3So his heart claue vnto Dinah the daughter of Iaakob: and he loued the maide, & spake kindely vnto the maide.

    4Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this maide to wife.

  • Gen 34:23-24
    2 verses
    84%

    23Shall not their flockes and their substance and all their cattell be ours? onely let vs consent herein vnto them, and they will dwell with vs.

    24And vnto Hamor, and Shechem his sonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and all the men children were circumcised, euen all that went out of the gate of his citie.

  • Gen 34:21
    83%

    21These men are peaceable with vs: and that they may dwell in the land, and doe their affaires therin (for behold, the land hath roume ynough for them) let vs take their daughters to wiues, and giue them our daughters.

  • Gen 34:26-27
    2 verses
    78%

    26They slewe also Hamor and Shechem his sonne with the edge of the sword, & tooke Dinah out of Shechems house, and went their way.

    27Againe the other sonnes of Iaakob came vpon the dead, and spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister.

  • Gen 33:19
    74%

    19And there he bought a parcell of ground, where hee pitched his tent, at the hande of the sonnes of Hamor Shechems father, for an hundreth pieces of money.