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highlighted Genesis 35:2 NLT
So Jacob told everyone in his household, “Get rid of all your pagan idols, purify yourselves, and put on clean clothing.
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highlighted Genesis 35:1 NLT
Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”
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highlighted Genesis 34:30 NLT
Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”
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highlighted Genesis 34:26 NLT
including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp.
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highlighted Genesis 34:25 NLT
But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,
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highlighted Genesis 34:23 NLT
But if we do this, all their livestock and possessions will eventually be ours. Come, let’s agree to their terms and let them settle here among us.”
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highlighted Genesis 34:22 NLT
But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.
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highlighted Genesis 34:20 NLT
and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.
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highlighted Genesis 34:14-16 NLT
They said to them, “We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you! But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are, then we will give you our daughters, and we’ll take your daughters for ourselves. We will live among you and become one people.
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highlighted Genesis 34:8-10 NLT
And you may live among us; the land is open to you! Settle here and trade with us. And feel free to buy property in the area.” Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her. In fact, let’s arrange other marriages, too. You give us your daughters for our sons, and we will give you our daughters for your sons.
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highlighted Genesis 34:6 NLT
Hamor, Shechem’s father, came to discuss the matter with Jacob.
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highlighted Genesis 34:3 NLT
But then he fell in love with her, and he tried to win her affection with tender words.
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highlighted Genesis 34:2 NLT
But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
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highlighted Genesis 34:1 NLT
One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area.
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highlighted Matthew 21:42 NLT
Then Jesus asked them, “Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures? ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. This is the L
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highlighted Matthew 21:22 NLT
You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
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highlighted Matthew 21:21 NLT
Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.
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highlighted Matthew 21:13 NLT
He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves!”
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highlighted Matthew 21:9 NLT
Jesus was in the center of the procession, and the people all around him were shouting, “Praise God for the Son of David! Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the LORD! Praise God in highest heaven!”
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