Verse 18
Genesis 34:18
Noah Webster Bible
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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
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And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore to 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...
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And his soul cleaved to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to th...
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And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for a 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 to Jacob to commune with him.
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And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they wer...
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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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And make ye marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to 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 to her father, and to her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye sha...
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Ask me never so much dower and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me: but give me th...
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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, (because he had d...
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And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised: for...
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But in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you shall be circumc...
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Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell wit...
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But if ye will not hearken to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be...
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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 to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their cit...
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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 to us to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us s...
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Will not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent t...
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And to Hamor and to Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city: and every m...
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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 they took captive, and spoiled even...
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me odious among the inhabitants of th...
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And they said, Should he deal with our sister, as with a harlot?
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