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.

And Jacob {H3290} heard {H8085} that he had defiled {H2930} Dinah {H1783} his daughter {H1323}: now his sons {H1121} were with his cattle {H4735} in the field {H7704}: and Jacob {H3290} held his peace {H2790} until they were come {H935}.

When Ya'akov heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Ya'akov restrained himself until they came.

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Samuel 13:22 (2 votes)

    And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

  • Luke 15:25 (1 votes)

    Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

  • 1 Samuel 10:27 (1 votes)

    But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

  • 1 Samuel 17:15 (1 votes)

    But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

  • Leviticus 10:3 (1 votes)

    ¶ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

  • Genesis 30:35 (1 votes)

    And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, [and] every one that had [some] white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave [them] into the hand of his sons.

  • Luke 15:29 (1 votes)

    And he answering said to [his] father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: