Verse 2
Genesis 34:2
Bible in Basic English
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And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֨רְא אֹתָ֜/הּ שְׁכֶ֧ם בֶּן חֲמ֛וֹר הַֽ/חִוִּ֖י נְשִׂ֣יא הָ/אָ֑רֶץ וַ/יִּקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛/הּ וַ/יִּשְׁכַּ֥ב אֹתָ֖/הּ וַ/יְעַנֶּֽ/הָ
English Translation
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, and he took her and lay with her and humbled her.
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Chapter 34 Context
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Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.
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And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her b...
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Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her...
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And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.
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Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with th...
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Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.
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Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and ve...
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But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her...
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And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yo...
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Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.
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And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you sa...
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However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my...
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But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been...
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And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for...
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But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes li...
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Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as on...
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But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.
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And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.
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And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter,...
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Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the...
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It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and...
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But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only...
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Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreem...
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Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in t...
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But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi,...
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And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and...
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And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what ha...
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They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fie...
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And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took...
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the pe...
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But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
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