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1 One day Dinah, the daughter Leah had given Jacob, went to visit some of the women in that country.
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Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
2 Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was chieftain there, saw her and raped her.
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When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.
3 Then he felt a strong attraction to Dinah, Jacob's daughter, fell in love with her and wooed her.
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His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
4 Shechem went to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl for my wife."
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And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
5 Jacob heard that Shechem had raped his daughter Dinah, but his sons were out in the fields with the livestock so he didn't say anything until they got home.
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When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.
6 Hamor, Shechem's father, went to Jacob to work out marriage arrangements.
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Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
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