Genesis 34

1 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

4 So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.

5 Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.

7 When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

9 Intermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.

And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.

12 Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.

13 But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

14 “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

15 We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.

Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.

17 But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”

But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

18 Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

19 The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

21 “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.

It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

22 But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.

23 Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.

24 All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.

Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

25 Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

27 Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

28 They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

29 They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

31 But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?