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# Shechem said to her father
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"Shechem said to Dinah's father Jacob"
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# Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you tell me I will give
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The phrase "find favor" is an idiom which means to be approved of by someone. Also, the eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. AT: "If you will approve of me, then I will give you whatever you ask" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# bride price
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In some cultures, it is customary for a man to give money, property, cattle, and other gifts to the bride's family at the time of marriage.
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# The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit
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The abstract noun "deceit" can be stated as the verb "lied." AT: "But the sons of Jacob lied to Shechem and Hamor when they answered them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# Shechem had defiled Dinah
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This means that Shechem had greatly dishonored and disgraced Dinah by forcing her to sleep with him. See how you translated "defiled" in [Genesis 34:5](./04.md).
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shechem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/deceive]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/defile]] |