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Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.

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highlighted Genesis 35:4 NLT

So they gave Jacob all their pagan idols and earrings, and he buried them under the great tree near Shechem.

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highlighted Genesis 35:3 NLT

We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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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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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 34:18 NLT

Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to their proposal.

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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!

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highlighted Genesis 34:8-10 NLT

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.

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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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finished reading Genesis 32, Genesis 33, Psalms 18:1-24, Matthew 21 in Bible in One Year:

Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him....

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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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