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Genesis 34:4-9 Modern English Version (MEV)

4. Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl for my wife.”

5. Now Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.

6. Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him.

7. The sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and the men were grieved and were very disturbed, because Shechem had disgraced Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing that should not be done.

8. Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray that you will give her to him to marry.

9. Make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

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