Verse 18
Genesis 34:18
New King James Version
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And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּֽיטְב֥וּ דִבְרֵי/הֶ֖ם בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י חֲמ֑וֹר וּ/בְ/עֵינֵ֖י שְׁכֶ֥ם בֶּן חֲמֽוֹר
English Translation
And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem son of Hamor.
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Chapter 34 Context
1
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land...
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And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay w...
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And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto...
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And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
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And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the fie...
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And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
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And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard
it:
and the men were grieved, and they...
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And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray y...
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9
And make ye marriages with us,
and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
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And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get yo...
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And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye...
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12
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me...
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13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had de...
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14
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; f...
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15
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we
be,
that every male of you be circumcised...
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Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell w...
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But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will b...
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18
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
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And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he
w...
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And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their c...
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These men
are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the la...
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Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among...
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Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs
be ours? only let us consent un...
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And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and eve...
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And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and...
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And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s...
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The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which
was in the city, and that whi...
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And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even...
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of...
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And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
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