Genesis 34:31
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
BSB
ASV
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
KJV
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot? - On this outrage alone they vindicated their flagitious conduct. The word harlot first occurs here: the original is not פילגש pilegesh, which we render concubine, (see its explanation Gen 22:24 (note)), but זונה zonah, which ordinarily signifies one who prostitutes herself to any person for hire. Our word harlot is said to have been derived from a very odd circumstance: Robert, duke of Normandy, seeing a fine-looking country girl dancing with her companions on the green, took her to his bed.
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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.
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They assigned by lot the cities named above from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.
The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
The second lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Simeon:
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Proverbs 6:34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
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Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest…
and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she…
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Genesis 34:13But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
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An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
