Y’all ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young woman as a wife.”
Genesis 34:13 - Y'all Version Bible The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, 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: |
Y’all ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young woman as a wife.”
and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a disgrace to us.
Will y’all speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?
Everyone lies to their neighbor. They speak with flattering lips and with a duplicitous heart-heart.
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous will escape from trouble.
transgressing and denying YHWH, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
telling them, “Y’all are to say, ‘His disciples came at night and stole him away while we were asleep.’
Don’t seek revenge, beloved, but y’all must leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Y’all see to it that no one pays back evil with evil. Instead, y’all should always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in the case of the Philistines when I harm them.”