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GE-34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto
Jacob,
went out to see the daughters of the land.
GE-34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of
the
country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
GE-34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob,
and he
loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
GE-34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me
this
damsel to wife.
GE-34:5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter:
now
his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his
peace
until they were come.
GE-34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to
commune with him.
GE-34:7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they
heard
[it]: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth,
because he
had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which
thing ought not to be done.
GE-34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to
wife.
GE-34:9 And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your
daughters unto
us, and take our daughters unto you.
GE-34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be
before
you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
GE-34:11 And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren,
Let
me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will
give.
GE-34:12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give
according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to
wife.
GE-34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his
father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
GE-34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to
give
our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a
reproach
unto us:
GE-34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as
we
[be], that every male of you be circumcised;
GE-34:16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will
take
your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will
become
one people.
GE-34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised;
then
will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
GE-34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
GE-34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing,
because he
had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he [was] more honourable
than all
the house of his father.
GE-34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of
their
city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
GE-34:21 These men [are] peaceable with us; therefore let them
dwell
in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, [it is]
large
enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives,
and let
us give them our daughters.
GE-34:22 Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell
with
us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as
they
[are] circumcised.
GE-34:23 [Shall] not their cattle and their substance and every
beast
of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will
dwell with us.
GE-34:24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all
that
went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised,
all
that went out of the gate of his city.
GE-34:25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were
sore,
that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren,
took
each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all
the
males.
GE-34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge
of the
sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
GE-34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the
city,
because they had defiled their sister.
GE-34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses,
and
that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,
GE-34:29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and
their
wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the
house.
GE-34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me
to
make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the
Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they
shall
gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall
be
destroyed, I and my house.
GE-34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with
an
harlot?
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