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Genesis 34:2

HamorHiviteShechemShechem
Sin

1 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

4 So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

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BSB
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
KJV
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
WEB
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
ASV
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
DARBY
And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
BLB
And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, and he took her and lay with her and violated her.
ÅB
Og Sikem, som var sønn av hevitten Hemor, høvdingen i landet, så henne; og han tok henne og lå hos henne og krenket henne.
OTB
Da Sikem, sønn av Hamor hevitten, landets fyrste, så henne, tok han henne og lå med henne og krenket henne.
B1930
Og Sikem, som var sønn av hevitten Hemor, høvdingen i landet, så henne; og han tok henne og lå hos henne og krenket henne.

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Cross references

  • Matthew 5:28

    But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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  • Job 31:1

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

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  • Judges 14:1

    One day Samson went down to Timnah, where he saw a young Philistine woman.

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  • Proverbs 13:20

    He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

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  • Job 31:9

    If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,

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  • Deuteronomy 22:29

    then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

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  • Genesis 33:19

    And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

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  • Genesis 39:6–7

    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

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