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The sonsבְנֵיof JacobיַעֲקֹבansweredוַיַּעֲנוּShechemאֶת שְׁכֶםand Hamorוְאֶת חֲמוֹרhis fatherאָבִיוwith deceitבְּמִרְמָהand spoke,וַיְדַבֵּרוּbecauseאֲשֶׁרhe had madeטִמֵּאDinahאֵת דִּינָהtheir sisterאֲחֹתָםunclean.טִמֵּא
Genesis 34:13
Study it in the app“The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit and spoke, because he had made Dinah their sister unclean.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:13, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- answeredיַּעֲנוּyaanu
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaanu” appears- Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- and Hamorחֲמוֹרchamor
Hamor
Hamor, the Hivite ruler of the city of Shechem and father of Shechem.
Where else “chamor” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- with deceitמִרְמָהmirma
deceit
Deceit, fraud, treachery.
Where else “mirma” appears- and spokeיְדַבֵּרוּyedaberu
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaberu” appears- he had madeטִמֵּאtime
defile
To make someone or something unclean.
Where else “time” appears- Dinahדִּינָהdina
Dinah
Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah.
Where else “dina” appears- their sisterאֲחֹתָachota
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achota” appears
Places in this verse
Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
The context
12Increase very much the bride-price and the gift you require of me, and I will give just as you say to me; only give me the young woman as a wife.”
13 · This verse (above)
14They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
To study Genesis 34 in a group
1. What it says
What did Simeon and Levi do after what happened to Dinah (vv. 25-26)?
2. What it means
Why was Jacob upset with them, and what did his sons answer (vv. 30-31)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond to an injustice without paying back harm?