He became infatuated with Dinah, daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.[a] “Get me this girl as a wife,”(A) he told his father Hamor.

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent until they returned.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 34:3 Lit spoke to her heart

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