Genesis 34
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Genesis 34:4-10

4So Shechem said to his father Hamor saying, “Get me this girl for a wife.”

5Now Jacob had heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah while his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept quiet until they came in.

6Meanwhile Shechem’s father Hamor went out to Jacob in order to speak with him.

7Jacob’s sons had already come in from the field when they heard, and the men were deeply grieved and furious, because he had committed a vile deed in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, which ought never to be done.

8But Hamor spoke with them saying, “My son Shechem—he’s very attached to your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.

9Intermarry with us. You can give your daughters to us, and you can take our daughters for yourselves.

10You can live with us, and the land will be open to you: live in it, move about freely in it, and settle down in it.”

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