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Genesis 34:31

AngerJustice

29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
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BSB
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
KJV
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
WEB
They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”
ASV
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
DARBY
And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?
BLB
And they said, “Shall he make our sister like a prostitute?”
ÅB
Men de svarte: Skulle han da få gjøre med vår søster som med en skjøge?
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OTB
Men de svarte: "Skulle han ha behandlet vår søster med slik grov vanære?"
B1930
Men de svarte: Skulde han da få gjøre med vår søster som med en skjøge?

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 6:34

    For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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  • Genesis 34:13

    And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

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  • Genesis 49:7

    Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

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