Genesis 34

1 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit 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 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

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

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

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

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

And Hamor, father of Shechem, goes out to Jacob to speak with him;

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.

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 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his 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 Intermarry with us; give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.

and join in marriage with us; you give your daughters to us, and you 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.”

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

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

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 Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my 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 But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

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

14 “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace 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 We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

“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 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.

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

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 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.

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

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

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 herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or 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 They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

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

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