◄ Genesis 34:31 ►
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Good News Translation
But they answered, "We cannot let our sister be treated like a common whore."

New Revised Standard Version
But they said, “Should our sister be treated like a whore?”

Contemporary English Version
They answered, "Was it right to let our own sister be treated that way?"

New American Bible
But they retorted, “Should our sister be treated like a prostitute?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?

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Genesis 34:13 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

Genesis 49:7 Cursed be their fury, because it was stubborn: and their wrath, because it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and will scatter them in Israel.

Proverbs 6:34 Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.

Context
The Revenge of Dinah's Brothers
…30And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house shall be destroyed. 31They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?
Cross References
Genesis 34:30
And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house shall be destroyed.

Genesis 35:1
In the mean time God said to Jacob: Arise and go up to Bethel, and dwell there, and make there an altar to God, who appeared to thee when thou didst flee from Esau, thy brother.

Genesis 34:30
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