KJV King James Version
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
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Genesis 34:31
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
WEB World English Bible
They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”
ASV American Standard Version
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they say, ‘As a harlot doth he make our sister?’
Surrounding context — Genesis 34
28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
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Proverbs 6:34For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.Genesis 34:13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:Genesis 49:7Cursed [be] their anger, for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
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