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Genesis 34:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. "

Genesis 34:5

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3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

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

7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

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From This Chapter

Genesis 34:1

"And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land."

Genesis 34:2

"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."

Genesis 34:3

"And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel."

Genesis 34:4

"And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife."

Genesis 34:6

"And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him."

Genesis 34:7

"And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done."

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