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