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# Now [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob)
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"Now" is used here to mark a change from the story to background information about [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob) heard that he
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The word "he" refers to [Shechem](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shechem).
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# he had defiled
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This means that [Shechem](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shechem) had greatly dishonored and disgraced Dinah by forcing her to sleep with him.
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# held his peace
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This is a way of saying that [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob) did not say or do anything about the matter. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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