“Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 34 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.