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daughter_n in_o lawful_a marriage_n with_o his_o son_n sichem_n jacob_n nor_o dare_v to_o contradict_v he_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o authority_n and_o quality_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n not_o think_v it_o to_o be_v either_o a_o thing_n lawful_a or_o convenient_a to_o match_v his_o daughter_n with_o a_o stranger_n require_v at_o his_o 17â—…_n hand_n a_o time_n of_o deliberation_n to_o consult_v thereupon_o hereon_o the_o king_n depart_v hope_v that_o jacob_n will_v listen_v to_o the_o marriage_n but_o jacob_n have_v discover_v unto_o his_o son_n the_o ravishment_n of_o their_o sister_n and_o the_o request_n of_o emmor_n desire_v they_o to_o deliberate_v among_o themselves_o what_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v do_v â—…n_o the_o matter_n whereupon_o some_o hold_v their_o peace_n not_o know_v what_o to_o say_v but_o simeon_n and_o levi_n the_o brother_n of_o the_o same_o womb_n with_o their_o sister_n complot_v together_o this_o practice_n in_o as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v a_o festival_n and_o that_o the_o sichemite_n intend_v nought_o but_o pleasure_n and_o banquet_a they_o issue_v by_o night_n upon_o their_o first_o guard_n and_o kill_v they_o that_o be_v a_o bed_n and_o from_o thence_o enter_v into_o the_o city_n they_o kill_v all_o the_o male_n and_o with_o they_o the_o king_n and_o his_o son_n 35._o but_o to_o the_o woman_n they_o offer_v no_o violence_n which_o be_v execute_v without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o their_o father_n they_o bring_v their_o sister_n back_o again_o jacob_n be_v very_o much_o astonish_v at_o this_o accident_n so_o strange_o execute_v and_o be_v wroth_a with_o his_o child_n but_o god_n appear_v unto_o he_o and_o comfort_v he_o and_o command_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v purify_v his_o tent_n and_o accomplish_v those_o sacrifice_n which_o he_o have_v vow_v to_o perform_v at_o such_o time_n when_o first_o he_o go_v into_o mesopotamia_n and_o the_o vision_n appear_v unto_o he_o while_o then_o he_o cleanse_v those_o which_o follow_v he_o he_o find_v the_o god_n of_o laban_n which_o beside_o his_o knowledge_n rachel_n have_v steal_v and_o hide_v they_o in_o sichem_n in_o the_o earth_n under_o a_o oak_n 28._o afterward_o depart_v from_o thence_o he_o sacrifice_v in_o bethel_n where_o he_o have_v see_v the_o vision_n at_o such_o time_n as_o he_o first_o of_o all_o take_v his_o journey_n into_o mesopotamia_n and_o as_o he_o travail_v in_o the_o land_n of_o ephrata_n rachel_n die_v in_o childbed_n and_o be_v bury_v there_o and_o she_o only_o have_v not_o enjoy_v the_o honour_n which_o be_v do_v in_o hebron_n to_o those_o of_o her_o parentage_n after_o he_o have_v make_v great_a lamentation_n he_o name_v the_o child_n which_o she_o bear_v at_o that_o time_n benjamin_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o dolour_n which_o happen_v unto_o his_o mother_n these_o be_v all_o the_o child_n of_o jacob_n twelve_o male_n and_o one_o daughter_n of_o who_o eight_o be_v beget_v on_o his_o lawful_a wife_n six_o of_o lea_n and_o two_o of_o rachel_n and_o on_o 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