Quotes about Betrayal
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
— Genesis 31:27
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
— Genesis 34:2
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
— Genesis 34:13
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
— Genesis 34:25
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
— Genesis 34:27
While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
— Genesis 35:22
Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more.
— Genesis 37:5
“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.
— Genesis 37:8
Some time later, Joseph’s brothers had gone to pasture their father’s flocks near Shechem.
— Genesis 37:12
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
— Genesis 37:18
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
— Genesis 37:20
When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
— Genesis 37:21