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1 Dinah,
the daughter of
Leah, whom she bore
to Jacob, went
out to see
the daughters of
the land.
2 Shechem
the son of
Hamor the Hivite,
the prince of
the land, saw her.
He took her,
lay with her,
and humbled her.
3 His
soul joined to
Dinah, the
daughter of Jacob,
and he loved the
young lady, and
spoke kindly to
the young lady.
4 Shechem spoke
to his father,
Hamor, saying, “Get
me this young lady
as a wife.”
5 Now
Jacob heard that
he had defiled
Dinah, his
daughter; and his
sons were with
his livestock in
the field. Jacob
held his peace
until they came.
6 Hamor
the father of
Shechem went out
to Jacob to
talk with him.
7 The
sons of Jacob
came in from
the field when
they heard it.
The men were
grieved, and they
were very angry,
because he had
done folly in
Israel in lying
with Jacob’s
daughter, a thing
that ought not
to be done.
8 Hamor
talked with them,
saying, “The soul
of my son,
Shechem, longs for
your daughter.
Please give her
to him as
a wife.
9 Make
marriages with us.
Give your
daughters to us,
and take our
daughters for yourselves.
10 You
shall dwell with
us, and the
land will be
before you. Live
and trade in
it, and get possessions
in it.”
11 Shechem said
to her father and
to her brothers, “Let
me find favor
in your eyes,
and whatever you
will tell me I
will give.
12 Ask
me a great
amount for a
dowry, and I
will give whatever
you ask of
me, but give
me the young
lady as a wife.”
13 The
sons of Jacob
answered Shechem
and Hamor his
father with deceit
when they spoke,
because he had
defiled Dinah
their sister,
14 and
said to them, “We
can’t do this
thing, to give
our sister to one
who is
uncircumcised; for
that is a
reproach to us.
15 Only
on this condition
will we consent to
you. If you
will be as
we are, that
every male of
you be circumcised,
16 then
will we give
our daughters to
you; and we
will take your
daughters to us,
and we will
dwell with you,
and we will
become one people.
17 But if
you will not
listen to us
and be circumcised,
then we will
take our sister,
and we will
be gone.”
18 Their words
pleased Hamor and
Shechem, Hamor’s
son.
19 The
young man didn’t wait
to do this
thing, because he
had delight in
Jacob’s daughter,
and he was
honored above all
the house of
his father.
20 Hamor
and Shechem, his
son, came to the
gate of their city,
and talked with
the men of their
city, saying,
21 “These
men are peaceful
with us. Therefore
let them live
in the land
and trade in
it. For behold,
the land is
large enough for
them. Let’s take
their daughters to
us for wives, and
let’s give them
our daughters.
22 Only
on this condition
will the
men consent to us
to live with
us, to become
one people, if
every male among
us is circumcised,
as they are
circumcised.
23 Won’t their
livestock and
their possessions
and all
their animals be ours?
Only let’s give
our consent to
them, and they
will dwell
with us.”
24 All
who went out
of the gate
of his city
listened to Hamor,
and to Shechem
his son; and
every male was
circumcised, all
who went out
of the gate
of his city.
25 On
the third day,
when they were
sore, two of
Jacob’s sons,
Simeon and Levi,
Dinah’s brothers,
each took his
sword, came upon
the unsuspecting city,
and killed all
the males.
26 They
killed Hamor and
Shechem, his son,
with the edge
of the sword,
and took Dinah
out of Shechem’s
house, and went
away.
27 Jacob’s
sons came on the
dead, and plundered
the city, because
they had defiled
their sister.
28 They
took their flocks,
their herds, their
donkeys, that
which was in
the city, that
which was in
the field,
29 and
all their wealth.
They took captive
all their little
ones and
their wives, and
took as plunder
everything that
was in the
house.
30 Jacob said
to Simeon and
Levi, “You have
troubled me, to
make me odious to
the inhabitants of
the land, among
the Canaanites and
the Perizzites.
I am few in
number. They
will gather themselves
together against
me and strike
me, and I
will be destroyed,
I and my
house.”
31 They said,
“Should he deal
with our sister as
with a prostitute?”