Genesis 34
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Genesis 34:1-5

1Leah’s daughter Dinah, whom Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area.

2When Shechem — son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the region’s chieftain — saw her, he took her and raped her.

3He became infatuated with Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.

4“Get me this girl as a wife,” he told his father.

5Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent until they returned.

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