Dinah and the Shechemites

34 Now Dinah,(A) the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.

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34 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

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The Dinah Incident

34 Now (A)Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

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The Defiling of Dinah

34 Now (A)Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land.

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His heart was drawn to Dinah(A) daughter of Jacob;(B) he loved(C) the young woman and spoke tenderly(D) to her.

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And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

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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.

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Footnotes

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

And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

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When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled,(A) his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.

Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.(B) Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked(C) and furious,(D) because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in[a] Israel(E) by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.(F)

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  1. Genesis 34:7 Or against

And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

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

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And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob (A)held[a] his peace until they came. Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he (B)had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, (C)a thing which ought not to be done.

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  1. Genesis 34:5 kept silent

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and (A)very angry, because he (B)had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, (C)for such a thing must not be done.

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13 Because their sister Dinah had been defiled,(A) Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully(B) as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

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

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13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke (A)deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

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

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19 The young man, who was the most honored(A) of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.(B)

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19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

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19 So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was (A)more honorable than all the household of his father.

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19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter. Now (A)he was the most honored of all his father's house.

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25 Three days later, while all of them were still in pain,(A) two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon(B) and Levi,(C) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords(D) and attacked the unsuspecting city,(E) killing every male.(F)

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25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

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25 Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, (A)Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.

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25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, (A)Simeon and Levi, (B)Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males.

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27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city(A) where[a] their sister had been defiled.(B)

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  1. Genesis 34:27 Or because

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

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

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

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