Genesis 34:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ruth 1:14 : 14 Again they wept loudly. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung tightly to her.
  • 1 Sam 18:1 : 1 Saul Comes to Fear David When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life.
  • 2 Sam 19:7 : 7 So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to your servants. For I swear by the LORD that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”
  • 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, who demonstrated great skill in serving the LORD. They feasted for the seven days of the festival, and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their ancestors.
  • Isa 40:2 : 2 “Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the LORD has made her pay double for all her sins.”
  • Hos 2:14 : 14 Future Repentance and Restoration of Israel However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

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  • Gen 34:4-9
    6 verses
    88%

    4Shechem said to his father Hamor,“Acquire this young girl as my wife.”

    5When Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent until they came in.

    6Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.

    7Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.

    8But Hamor made this appeal to them:“My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

    9Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves.

  • Gen 34:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1Dinah and the Shechemites Now Dinah, Leah’s daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land.

    2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.

  • Gen 34:18-21
    4 verses
    80%

    18Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

    19The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly.(Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)

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

    21“These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry.

  • Gen 34:11-13
    3 verses
    77%

    11Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers,“Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me I’ll give.

    12You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”

    13Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.

  • Gen 34:24-27
    4 verses
    77%

    24All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised.

    25In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male.

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

    27Jacob’s sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated.