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Genesis 34:18

“Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.”

Verse in context — Genesis 34

16

then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

17

But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.

18

Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

19

The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

20

Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

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