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## Now Jacob ##
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"Now" is used here to mark a change from the story to background information about Jacob.(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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## Jacob heard that he ##
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The word "he" refers to Shechem.
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## he had defiled ##
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AT: "he had seized and slept with" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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## held his peace ##
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"kept silent"
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