Genesis 34

1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she has borne to Jacob, goes out to look on 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.

and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, sees her, and takes her, and lies with her, and humbles her;

3 And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.

and his soul cleaves to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loves the young person, and speaks to the heart of the young person.

4 And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

And Shechem speaks to his father Hamor, saying, “Take for me this girl for a 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.

And Jacob has heard that he has defiled his daughter Dinah, and his sons were with his livestock in the field, and Jacob kept silent until their coming.

6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to converse with him.

And Hamor, father of Shechem, goes out to Jacob to speak 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 angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he has done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob—and so it is not done.

8 And Hamor conversed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray you, give her to him to wife.

And Hamor speaks with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul has cleaved to your daughter; please give her to him for a wife,

9 And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

and join in marriage with us; you give your daughters to us, and you take our daughters for yourselves,

10 And ye shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade ye in it, and get possessions for you in it.

and you dwell with us, and the land is before you; dwell and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.”

11 And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say to me I will give.

And Shechem says to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which you say to me, I give;

12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me, but give me the damsel to wife.

multiply on me dowry and gift exceedingly, and I give as you say to me, and give to me the young person for a wife.”

13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled their sister Dinah),

14 and said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that is a reproach to us.

and say to them, “We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who has a foreskin, for it [is] a reproach to us.

15 Only on this condition will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised.

Only for this we consent to you: if you are as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

16 Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us. And we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

then we have given our daughters to you, and we take your daughters for ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;

17 But if ye will not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

and if you do not listen to us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.”

18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s son;

19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honored above all the house of his father.

and the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he is honorable above all the house of his father.

20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and conversed with the men of their city, saying,

And Hamor comes—his son Shechem also—to the gate of their city, and they speak to the men of their city, saying,

21 These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it, 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.

“These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, behold, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

their livestock, and their substance, and all their beasts—are they not ours? Only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.”

24 And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

And to Hamor, and to his son Shechem, do all those going out of the gate of his city listen, and every male is circumcised, all those going 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 brothers, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and killed all the males.

And it comes to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

26 And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.

and Hamor, and his son Shechem, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and go out.

27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Jacob’s sons have come in on the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

28 They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

their flock and their herd, and their donkeys, and that which [is] in the city, and that which [is] in the field, have they taken;

29 and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, they took captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.

and all their wealth, and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that [is] 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.

And Jacob says to Simeon and to Levi, “You have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have struck me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.”

31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

And they say, “Does he make our sister as a harlot?”