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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.
4436. 'And Shechem spoke to Hamor his father' means thought from truth among the Ancients. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking' in the historical descriptions in the Word as perception and consequent thought, dealt with in 3395, and from the representation of 'Shechem the son of Hamor' as truth among the Ancients, dealt with in 4430, 4431. From this it is evident that 'Shechem spoke to Hamor his father' means thought from truth among the Ancients.
