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Genesis 34:4-8

Genesis 34:4

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

Genesis 34:5

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob said nothing until they came in.

Genesis 34:6

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

Genesis 34:7

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

Genesis 34:8

But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.