Verse 7

Genesis 34:7

GOD'S WORD Translation

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7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; a thing ought not to be done.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וּ/בְנֵ֨י יַעֲקֹ֜ב בָּ֤אוּ מִן הַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ כְּ/שָׁמְעָ֔/ם וַ/יִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙ הָֽ/אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַ/יִּ֥חַר לָ/הֶ֖ם מְאֹ֑ד כִּֽי נְבָלָ֞ה עָשָׂ֣ה בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לִ/שְׁכַּב֙ אֶת בַּֽת יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְ/כֵ֖ן לֹ֥א יֵעָשֶֽׂה

English Translation

And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard, and the men were distressed, and it was very hot to them because he had acted wickedly in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, and thus it shall not be done.

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Chapter 34 Context

1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. Focus ↗

2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and... Focus ↗

3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to th... Focus ↗

4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.” Focus ↗

5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the... Focus ↗

6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him. Focus ↗

7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were ver...

8 Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give h... Focus ↗

9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. Focus ↗

10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions... Focus ↗

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you wi... Focus ↗

12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lad... Focus ↗

13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defil... Focus ↗

14 and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that... Focus ↗

15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be c... Focus ↗

16 then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell wit... Focus ↗

17 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be go... Focus ↗

18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. Focus ↗

19 The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was h... Focus ↗

20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, s... Focus ↗

21 “These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, th... Focus ↗

22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every ma... Focus ↗

23 Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our cons... Focus ↗

24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male w... Focus ↗

25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each... Focus ↗

26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s... Focus ↗

27 Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. Focus ↗

28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in th... Focus ↗

29 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder e... Focus ↗

30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the la... Focus ↗

31 They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?” Focus ↗

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Book: Genesis
Chapter: Chapter 34 (31 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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