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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