34:1And
Dinah the daughter of
Leah, whom she bare unto
Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
34:2And
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.
34:3And his
soul clave unto
Dinah the daughter of
Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
34:4And
Shechem spake unto his
father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to
wife.
34:5Now
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.
34:6And
Hamor the
father of
Shechem went out unto
Jacob to commune with him.
34:7And 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.
34:8And
Hamor communed with them, saying, The
soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to
wife.
34:9And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
34:10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
34:11And
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.
34:12Ask 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.
34:13And the sons of
Jacob answered
Shechem and
Hamor his
father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled
Dinah their sister,
34:14and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.
34:15Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
34:16then 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.
34:17But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
34:18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. 34:19And 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. 34:20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, 34:21These 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. 34:22Only 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. 34:23Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 34:24And 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. 34:25And 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. 34:26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth. 34:27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. 34:28They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field; 34:29and 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. 34:30And 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. 34:31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?