Demand of me a high compensation and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Only give the girl to be my wife! ’
Genesis 34:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, [justifying their intended action by saying, in effect, we are going to do this] because Shechem had defiled and disgraced their sister Dinah. American Standard Version (1901) And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, Common English Bible Jacob’s sons responded deviously to Shechem and his father Hamor because Shechem defiled their sister Dinah. Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister: |
Demand of me a high compensation and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Only give the girl to be my wife! ’
‘We cannot do this thing,’ they said to them. ‘Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.
Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalf or speak deceitfully for him?
By rebellious speech an evil person is trapped, but a righteous person escapes from trouble.
transgression and deception against the Lord, turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.
Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.
and told them, ‘Say this, “His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.”
Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, , says the Lord.
See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
Samson said to them, ‘This time I will be blameless when I harm the Philistines.’