Genesis 34
1 Then Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out to see the women of that region.
Now Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went out to meet the young women of the land.
2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of that land, had seen her, he fell in love with her. And so he seized her and slept with her, overwhelming the virgin by force.
Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and he grabbed her, assaulted her, and slept with her.
3 And his soul was closely bound to her, and, since she was sorrowful, he soothed her with flattery.
He was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
4 And going on to Hamor, his father, he said, “Obtain this girl for me as a mate.”
Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get this young woman for me as a wife.”
5 But when Jacob had heard this, since his sons were absent and he was occupied in pasturing the cattle, he remained silent until they came back.
Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. His sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.
6 Then, when Hamor, the father of Shechem, had gone out to speak to Jacob,
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7 behold, his sons arrived from the field. And hearing what had happened, they were very angry, because he had done a filthy thing in Israel and, in violating a daughter of Jacob, had perpetrated an unlawful act.
The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard of the matter. The men were offended. They were very angry because he had disgraced Israel by forcing himself on Jacob's daughter, for such a thing should not have been done.
8 And so Hamor spoke to them: “The soul of my son Shechem has become attached to your daughter. Give her to him as a wife.
Hamor spoke with them, saying, “My son Shechem loves your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
9 And let us celebrate marriages with one with another. Give us your daughters, and receive our daughters.
Intermarry with us, give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
10 And live with us. The land is in your power: cultivate, trade, and possess it.”
You will live with us, and the land will be open to you to live and trade in, and to acquire property.”
11 And Shechem even said to her father and to her brothers: “May I find favor in your sight, and whatever you will appoint, I will give.
Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you tell me I will give.
12 Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife.”
Ask me for as great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.”
13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister:
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, because Shechem had defiled Dinah their sister.
14 “We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.
They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to anyone who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us.
15 But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.
Only on this condition will we agree with you: If you will become circumcised as we are, if every male among you is circumcised.
16 Then we will mutually give and receive your daughters as well as ours; and we will live with you, and we will become one people.
Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people.
17 But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and withdraw.”
But if you do not listen to us and become circumcised, then we will take our sister and we will leave.”
18 Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
19 Neither did the young man cause any delay; in fact he immediately fulfilled what was requested. For he loved the girl very much, and he was well-known throughout his father’s house.
The young man did not delay to do what they said, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and because he was the most honored person in all his father's household.
20 And entering at the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:
Hamor and Shechem his son went to the gate of their city and spoke with the men of their city, saying,
21 “These men are peaceful, and they want to live among us. Let them trade in the land and cultivate it, for, being spacious and broad, it is in need of cultivation. We will receive their daughters as wives, and we will give them ours.
“These men are at peace with us, so let them live in the land and trade in it for, really, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation.
Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: If every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, will be ours, if only we will acquiesce to this, and so, in living together, will form one people.”
Will not their livestock and their property—all their animals be ours? So let us agree with them, and they will live among us.”
24 And they all agreed to circumcise every one of the males.
All the men of the city listened to Hamor and Shechem, his son. Every male was circumcised.
25 And behold, on the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, boldly entered the city with swords. And they put to death all of the males.
On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob (Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers), each took his sword and they attacked the city that was certain of its security, and they killed all the males.
26 They killed Hamor and Shechem together, taking their sister Dinah from the house of Shechem.
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword. They took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.
27 And when they had departed, the other sons of Jacob rushed over the slain, and they plundered the city in vengeance for the rape.
The other sons of Jacob came to the dead bodies and looted the city, because the people had defiled their sister.
28 Taking their sheep, and herds, and donkeys, and laying waste to everything else that was in their houses and in their fields,
They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and everything in the city and in the surrounding fields with
29 they also took their little ones and their wives captive.
all their wealth. All their children and their wives, they captured. They even took everything that was in the houses.
30 When they had boldly completed these acts, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: “You have troubled me, and you have made me hateful to the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few. They, gathering themselves together, may strike me down, and then both I and my house will be wiped away.”
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, to make me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. If they gather themselves together against me and attack me, then I will be destroyed, I and my household.”
31 They responded, “Should they abuse our sister like a prostitute?”
But Simeon and Levi said, “Should Shechem have dealt with our sister as with a prostitute?”
