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1 And Dina the daughter of Lia 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 Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.
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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 And his soul was fast knit unto her; and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.
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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 going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
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And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
5 But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till 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 And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,
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Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
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