Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
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19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter and he <em>was</em> the most honourable of all the house of his father.
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The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
20 Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, came unto the gate of their city and communed with the men of their city, saying,
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So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.
21 These men <em>are</em> peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land and trade therein; for the land, behold, <em>it</em> is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
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“These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.
22 Only with this condition will these men consent to dwell with us that we may be one people: if every male among us be circumcised as they <em>are</em> circumcised.
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But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.
23 <em>Shall</em> not their livestock and their substance and every beast of theirs <em>be</em> ours? Only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
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Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem, his son, hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
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All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword and came upon the city boldly and slew all the males.
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Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
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They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and spoiled the city because they had defiled their sister.
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The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.
28 They took their sheep and their oxen and their asses and that which <em>was</em> in the city and that which <em>was</em> in the field
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They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.
29 and all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives they took captive and spoiled even all that <em>was</em> in the house.
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They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.
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