| 1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out
to see the daughters of the land. 2 And Shechem the son of Hamor the
Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; And he took her, and lay with her,
and humbled her. 3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob,
and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. 4 And Shechem
spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 5 Now
Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with
his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 And
Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And
the sons of Jacob came in from 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. 8 And Hamor
communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your
daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages
with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and
trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 11 And Shechem said
unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and
what ye shall say unto me I will give. 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. 13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his
father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
14 and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one
that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us. 15 Only on this
condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male
of you be circumcised; 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. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be
circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 19 And the
young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's
daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father. 20 And
Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with
the men of their city, saying, 21 These men are peaceable with us;
therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the
land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives,
and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men
consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among
us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Shall not their cattle and
their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them,
and they will dwell with us. 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. 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 unawares, and slew all the males. 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 forth. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered
the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks
and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that
which was in the field; 29 and all their wealth, and all their little ones
and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the
house. 30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make
me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the
Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together
against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 31 And
they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
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