Genesis 34 Flashcards
Genesis 34:1
Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and violated her.
Genesis 34:3
His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.
Genesis 34:4
And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
Genesis 34:5
When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he kept quiet about it until they came home.
Genesis 34:6
Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
Genesis 34:7
Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter - a thing that should not be done.
Genesis 34:8
But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
Genesis 34:9
Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.
Genesis 34:10
You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it.”
Genesis 34:11
Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.
Genesis 34:12
Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the girl as my wife.”
Genesis 34:13
Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.
Genesis 34:14
They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.
Genesis 34:15
We will give our consent to you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.
Genesis 34:16
Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.
Genesis 34:17
But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”
Genesis 34:18
Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
Genesis 34:19
The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s household, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
Genesis 34:20
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to their fellow townsmen.
Genesis 34:21
“These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.
Genesis 34:22
But the men will consent to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.
Genesis 34:23
Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us give our consent to them, and they will settle among us.”
Genesis 34:24
All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.
