Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the Canaanite women.
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Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of that region, saw her, he took 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 But he found the young woman so attractive that he fell in love with her and tried to win her affection.
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His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
4 He told his father, "I want you to get Dinah for me as my wife."
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And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl 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.
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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 Shechem's father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob,
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Then 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.
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