34:1 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
34:2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and violated her.
34:3 His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.
34:4 And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
34:5 When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he kept quiet about it until they came home.
34:6 Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
34:7 Now Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter–a thing that should not be done.
34:8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
34:9 Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.
34:10 You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it.”
34:11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.
34:12 Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the girl as my wife.”
34:13 Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.
34:14 They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.
34:15 We will give our consent to you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.
34:16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.
34:17 But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”
34:18 Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
34:19 The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s household, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
34:20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to their fellow townsmen.
34:21 “These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.
34:22 But the men will consent to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.
34:23 Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us give our consent to them, and they will settle among us.”
34:24 All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.
34:25 Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.
34:26 They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.
34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.
34:28 They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.
34:29 They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.
34:30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
34:31 But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
34:2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and humbled her.
34:3 And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke affectionately to the girl.
34:4 And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this young girl as a wife.
34:5 Now when Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob kept silent until they came in.
34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
34:7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard of it. And the men were grieved and became very angry, because he had committed folly in Israel by lying with Jacob s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
34:8 And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him as a wife.
34:9 And make marriages with us: Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
34:10 And you shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you; dwell and trade in it, and acquire holdings in it.
34:11 And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you say to me I will give.
34:12 Impose upon me a very large bridal price and gift, and I will give whatever you say to me; but give me the girl as a wife.
34:13 Then the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully; and because he had defiled Dinah their sister, they spoke
34:14 And said to them, We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.
34:15 Only on this condition will we consent to you: If you become like us, and every male among you is circumcised,
34:16 Then we will give our daughters to you and will take your daughters for ourselves; and we will dwell with you and become one people.
34:17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.
34:18 And their words seemed good to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor s son.
34:19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob s daughter. Now he was honored above all the house of his father.
34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke with the men of their city, saying,
34:21 These men are with us peacefully; therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for here the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters for ourselves as wives, and let us give them our daughters.
34:22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
34:23 Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
34:24 And 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.
34:25 Then on the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah s brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and slew every male.
34:26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and they took Dinah out of Shechem s house and went away.
34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
34:28 They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys and whatever was in the city and whatever was in the field;
34:29 And they took captive and plundered all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, and even all that was in the houses.
34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have brought trouble upon me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few in number, and they will gather themselves together against me and strike me; and I will be destroyed, I and my house.
34:31 And they said, Should he treat our sister like a harlot?