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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