en_tn/gen/34/18.md

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  • Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem - "Hamor and his son Shechem agreed with what Jacob's sons said"
  • to do the thing - "to become circumcised"
  • Jacob's daughter - "Jacob's daughter Dinah"
  • and because he was the most honored person in all his father's household - This can be translated as a new sentence. Also the full meaning can be made explicit: "And Shechem knew all the men in his father's household would agree with him because he was the most honored among them" (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_explicit)