Genesis 34
1 And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.
And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,
2 And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.
and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
3 And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.
and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.
4 And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for me this damsel for a wife.'
5 But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back.
And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.
6 And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,
And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;
7 Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob’s daughter,
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 hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob — and so it is not done.
8 And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:
And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, 'Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,
9 And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters and take you our daughters,
and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,
10 And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.
and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.'
11 Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favour in your sight: and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give.
And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, 'Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;
12 Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.
multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'
13 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:
And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),
14 We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.
and say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it [is] a reproach to us.
15 But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:
'Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,
16 Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:
then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;
17 But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart:
and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'
18 Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his 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 made no delay, but forthwith fulfilled what was required, for he loved the damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man in all his father’s house.
and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.
20 And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:
And Hamor cometh — Shechem his son also — unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,
21 These men are peaceable and willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours.
'These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, lo, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.
22 One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.
'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 And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours: only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.
their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts — are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'
24 And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.
And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.
25 And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city, and slew all the men:
And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;
26 And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem’s house.
and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.
27 And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.
Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;
28 And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields.
their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which [is] in the city, and that which [is] in the field, have they taken;
29 And their children and wives they took captive,
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 when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land: we are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house, shall be destroyed.
And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, 'Ye 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 smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'
31 They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?
And they say, 'As a harlot doth he make our sister?'
