Genesis 34:1-6 (Good News Translation)
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1
One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the Canaanite women.
2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her, he took her and raped her.
3
But he found the young woman so attractive that he fell in love with her and tried to win her affection. a
4
He told his father, "I want you to get Dinah for me as my wife."
5
Jacob learned that his daughter had been disgraced, but because his sons were out in the fields with his livestock, he did nothing until they came back.
6
Shechem's father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob,
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (The Good News Translation - The Holy Bible Online)
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