Genesis 34:2

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Genesis 34:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

4 So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

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