Genesis 34:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

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  • Ruth 4:1 : 1 Then Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there; and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, 'Come over here, sit down.' So he turned aside and sat down.
  • 2 Sam 15:2 : 2 And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate, and it was so, that when any man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
  • Job 29:7 : 7 When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square!
  • Prov 31:23 : 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
  • Amos 5:10 : 10 They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.
  • Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
  • Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
  • Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things that you shall do; Speak every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
  • Gen 22:17 : 17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies;
  • Gen 23:10 : 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the children of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
  • Deut 17:5 : 5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 34:6-13
    8 verses
    89%

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

    7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and they were grieved and very wroth because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.

    8 And Hamor spoke with them, saying, My son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you give her to him as a wife.

    9 And make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

    10 And you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade therein, and acquire possessions there.

    11 And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and whatever you say to me, I will give.

    12 Ask me for ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to your saying to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.

    13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah, their sister,

  • Gen 34:17-19
    3 verses
    86%

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

    18 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

    19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

  • Gen 34:1-4
    4 verses
    84%

    1 And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

    2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

    3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to her.

    4 And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this young woman as a wife.

  • Gen 34:23-24
    2 verses
    84%

    23 Will not their livestock and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

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

  • Gen 34:21
    83%

    21 These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land and trade therein, for the land, indeed, is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 34:26-27
    2 verses
    78%

    26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

    27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city because they had defiled their sister.

  • Gen 33:19
    74%

    19 And he bought a piece of land where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.

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