Genesis 34:31
But Simeon and Levi replied,“Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?”
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- Prov 6:34 : 34 for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.
- Gen 34:13 : 13 Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
- Gen 49:7 : 7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel!
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- Gen 34:25-284 verses80%
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.
28They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields.
- Gen 34:11-144 verses80%
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.
14They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.
- Gen 34:7-93 verses78%
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.
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30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi,“You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land– among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!”
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7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
- Gen 31:14-152 verses74%
14Then Rachel and Leah replied to him,“Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
15Hasn’t he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!
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4Shechem said to his father Hamor,“Acquire this young girl as my wife.”
- Gen 43:6-72 verses73%
6Israel said,“Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?”
7They replied,“The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying,‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say,‘Bring your brother down’?”
- Gen 34:1-22 verses73%
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.
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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.
- 2 Sam 13:11-122 verses72%
11As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her,“Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!”
12But she said to him,“No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!
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31Later the older daughter said to the younger,“Our father is old, and there is no man in the country to sleep with us, the way everyone does.
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43Then I said about the one worn out by adultery,‘Now they will commit immoral acts with her.’
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26“What have you done?” Laban demanded of Jacob.“You’ve deceived me and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war!
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21He asked the men who were there,“Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?” But they replied,“There has been no cult prostitute here.”
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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.)