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Genesis 34:13 KJV
Genesis · chapter 34 · verse 13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:Genesis 34:13 · King James Version
Genesis 34:13 in context
11And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- deceitfullymirmâhfraudH4820 →
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- ShechemShᵉkemShekem, a place in PalestineH7927 →
- defiledṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- JacobYaʻăqôbJaakob, the Israelitish patriarchH3290 →
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Jacob's sons, when they heard of the injury done to Dinah, showed a very great resentment of it, influenced perhaps rather by jealousy for the honour of their family than by a sense of virtue. Many are concerned at the shamefulness of sin that never lay to heart the sinfulness of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-17