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10 Thereupon, Amnon said to Tamar: “Bring the food into the bedroom so that I may eat from your hand.” Therefore, Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the bedroom to Amnon her brother.

11 However, when she offered them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said: “Come to bed with me, my sister.” 12 She answered him: “No, my brother! Do not force me! Such repulsive acts are not done in Israel. Do not commit such a vile act!

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