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Genesis 34
1 And Dinah the daughter of
Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
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.
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 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.
6 And Hamor the father of
Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
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.
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.
9 And make ye marriages with
us, and 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 grace 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 deceitfully, and said, because he had
defiled Dinah their sister:
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:
15 But in this will we consent
unto you: If ye will be as we be, 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
more honourable than 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 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.
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.
23 Shall not their cattle and
their substance and every beast of their's be our's? 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 boldly, 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 out.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon
the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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,
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.
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.
31 And they said, Should he
deal with our sister as with an harlot?
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