Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Genesis 34:1-5 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

1. Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women who lived there.

2. She was seen by Hamor's son Shechem, the leader of the Hivites, and he grabbed her and raped her.

3. But Shechem was attracted to Dinah, so he told her how much he loved her.

4. He even asked his father to get her for his wife.

5. Meanwhile, Jacob heard what had happened. But his sons were out in the fields with the cattle, so he did not do anything at the time.