King James Version
Genesis 34:13 in the King James Version says “And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their si...” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:”
Genesis 34:13 · KJV
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
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“answered”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“And the sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his father”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“and said”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“because he had defiled”
H2930to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“their sister”
H269a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
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