World English Bible

Genesis 34:13

“The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,”

Verse in context — Genesis 34

11

Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.

12

Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.

13

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

14

and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

15

Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;

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