Genesis 34
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Genesis 34:4-10

4So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”

5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob held his peace until they came.

6Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

7And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.

8But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

9And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves.

10So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it.”

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