Moral and Ceremonial Principles

16 (A)“If a man entices a virgin who is not betrothed, and lies with her, he shall surely pay the bride-price for her to be his wife.

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28 (A)“If a man finds a young woman who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are found out, 29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman’s father (B)fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife (C)because he has humbled her; he shall not be permitted to divorce her all his days.

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And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he (A)took her and lay with her, and violated her. His soul [a]was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke [b]kindly to the young woman. So Shechem (B)spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 34:3 Lit. clung to
  2. Genesis 34:3 tenderly

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