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Genesis 34:4-10 Common English Bible (CEB)

4. Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get this girl for me as my wife."

5. Now Jacob heard that Shechem defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with the animals in the countryside, so he decided to keep quiet until they got back.

6. Meanwhile, Hamor, Shechem’s father, went out to Jacob to speak with him.

7. Just then, Jacob’s sons got back from the countryside. When they heard what had happened, they were deeply offended and very angry, because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter. Such things are simply not done.

8. Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem’s heart is set on your daughter. Please let him marry her.

9. Arrange marriages with us: give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.

10. Live with us. The land is available to you: settle down, travel through it, and buy property in it."

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