Genesis 34:7

New English Translation

Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter, a crime that should not be committed.

Cross References

Genesis 20:9

Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!”

Genesis 34:6

Then Shechem’s father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah.

Genesis 34:8

But Hamor made this appeal to them: “My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Genesis 46:7

He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters – all his descendants.

2 Samuel 13:21

Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry.

Psalm 93:5

The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever.

Proverbs 7:7

and I saw among the naive – I discerned among the youths – a young man who lacked wisdom.

Jeremiah 29:23

This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,’ says the Lord.”

Leviticus 4:13

“‘If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the Lord’s commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty,

Leviticus 4:2

“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them –

Leviticus 4:27

“‘If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty

1 Corinthians 10:8

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

1 Corinthians 6:18

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin a person commits is outside of the body” – but the immoral person sins against his own body.

Ephesians 5:3

But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints.

Deuteronomy 22:20

But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,

Deuteronomy 22:21

the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 23:17

There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel.

Colossians 3:5

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

1 Timothy 5:13

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

James 3:10

From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.

Joshua 7:15

The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord’s covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.’”

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

Judges 20:6

I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces throughout the territory occupied by Israel, because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity in Israel.