Helpful Saints Corpus Reader
Genesis
KJV with Apocrypha
Unverified edition · Chapter 34
Reading language: English · Original language (catalog): Hebrew / Aramaic
Reading display
Display preferences stay on this browser when storage is available.
Resume in the Library keeps only your last public work, edition and passage on this browser.
Saved Places
Saved only on this browser. Places do not synchronize between devices. Only work, edition and passage identifiers are kept; passage text is not stored.
Remove all Saved Places from this browser? Resume reading and display preferences will stay.
Chapter 34 · All reading sections
Choose an edition
Genesis 34:1
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:2
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:3
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:4
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:5
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:6
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:7
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:8
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:9
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:10
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:11
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:12
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:13
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
Study this passage
Genesis 34:14
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
Study this passage
Genesis 34:15
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
Study this passage
Genesis 34:16
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:17
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:18
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:19
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Study this passage
Genesis 34:21
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:22
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:23
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:24
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:25
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:26
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:27
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Study this passage
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,
Study this passage
Genesis 34:29
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:30
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.
Study this passage
Genesis 34:31
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
Study this passage
Compare this section in another edition
Read the editions separately. Matching section labels do not establish word or phrase alignment.
Only publicly readable editions are offered. An original-language parallel requires an admitted source edition; a retained private witness is not displayed here.
About this edition
Completeness: not verified. Available reading sections are listed below.
Available body coverage · English
50 chapter/reading unit(s) · 1533 nonempty passage record(s).
Supported chapters & passages
- Chapter 1 · 31 passage record(s)
- Chapter 2 · 25 passage record(s)
- Chapter 3 · 24 passage record(s)
- Chapter 4 · 26 passage record(s)
- Chapter 5 · 32 passage record(s)
- Chapter 6 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 7 · 24 passage record(s)
- Chapter 8 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 9 · 29 passage record(s)
- Chapter 10 · 32 passage record(s)
- Chapter 11 · 32 passage record(s)
- Chapter 12 · 20 passage record(s)
- Chapter 13 · 18 passage record(s)
- Chapter 14 · 24 passage record(s)
- Chapter 15 · 21 passage record(s)
- Chapter 16 · 16 passage record(s)
- Chapter 17 · 27 passage record(s)
- Chapter 18 · 33 passage record(s)
- Chapter 19 · 38 passage record(s)
- Chapter 20 · 18 passage record(s)
- Chapter 21 · 34 passage record(s)
- Chapter 22 · 24 passage record(s)
- Chapter 23 · 20 passage record(s)
- Chapter 24 · 67 passage record(s)
- Chapter 25 · 34 passage record(s)
- Chapter 26 · 35 passage record(s)
- Chapter 27 · 46 passage record(s)
- Chapter 28 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 29 · 35 passage record(s)
- Chapter 30 · 43 passage record(s)
- Chapter 31 · 55 passage record(s)
- Chapter 32 · 32 passage record(s)
- Chapter 33 · 20 passage record(s)
- Chapter 34 · 31 passage record(s)
- Chapter 35 · 29 passage record(s)
- Chapter 36 · 43 passage record(s)
- Chapter 37 · 36 passage record(s)
- Chapter 38 · 30 passage record(s)
- Chapter 39 · 23 passage record(s)
- Chapter 40 · 23 passage record(s)
- Chapter 41 · 57 passage record(s)
- Chapter 42 · 38 passage record(s)
- Chapter 43 · 34 passage record(s)
- Chapter 44 · 34 passage record(s)
- Chapter 45 · 28 passage record(s)
- Chapter 46 · 34 passage record(s)
- Chapter 47 · 31 passage record(s)
- Chapter 48 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 49 · 33 passage record(s)
- Chapter 50 · 26 passage record(s)
Body coverage is separate from textual verification. Counts do not establish complete chapters or textual completeness.
Evidence Intelligence
Know what kind of evidence you are looking at.
Helpful Saints keeps direct biblical text, language evidence, ancient witnesses, historical context, research models, and open questions visibly distinct.Direct Biblical Text
The explicit wording and literary context of canonical Scripture.
Original-Language Evidence
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, morphology, lemmas, semantic range, and textual comparison.
Ancient Witness
Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Jewish literature, and early Christian writings—clearly classified.
Historical Context
Geography, material culture, chronology ranges, institutions, customs, and reception history.
Research Model
A configured chronology, theological synthesis, typological pattern, or proposed relationship.
Open Question
Evidence is incomplete, debated, or insufficient for a settled conclusion.