And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
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Interpretation
Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger.
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This thought runs through Genesis 34:6-10.