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1 Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of 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 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with 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 his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to 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 And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, 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 Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.
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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 Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.
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Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
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