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Genesis 34:6

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And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

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  1. Genesis 34:4

    And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

  2. Genesis 34:5

    And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

  3. Genesis 34:7

    And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

  4. Genesis 34:8

    And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

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