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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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