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Genesis 34:31
Genesis 34:31 is verse 31 of Genesis chapter 34, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
King James Version
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
World English Bible
They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”
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Genesis 34:29–31 · Berean Standard Bible
29 They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
31 But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 34:13But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.