Genesis 34
1 Dinah, Jacob and Leah's daughter, went to visit some of the local women.
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her. He grabbed hold of her and raped her.
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3 However, then he fell deeply in love with Dinah and tried to get her to love him too.
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4 He went and asked his father, “Get this young girl for me so I can marry her.”
And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5 Jacob found out that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, but as his sons were away looking after the flocks in the fields he didn't say anything until they came home.
And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
6 In the meantime Hamor, Shechem's father, arrived to talk with Jacob.
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 When Jacob's sons returned from the fields they were very upset when they heard the news and became extremely angry because Shechem had done something outrageous in Israel by having sex with Jacob's daughter—something that should never be done.
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
8 Hamor told them, “My son Shechem is very much in love with your daughter and your sister Dinah. Please allow him to marry her.
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 In fact we can have more marriages—you can give us your daughters and you can have our daughters.
And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
10 You can live among us and settle down wherever you like. You can go where you want and buy land for yourselves.”
And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
11 Then Shechem himself spoke up, and said to Dinah's father and brothers, “Please accept me and my proposal, and I'll do whatever you ask.
And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
12 You can set the bride price as high as you like, and I'll pay it along with all the gifts I'll give. Just let me have the girl so I can marry her.”
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
13 Jacob's sons weren't honest when they answered him and his father Hamor because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 They told them, “We can't do this! We can't allow our sister to marry a man who's not circumcised. That would bring disgrace on us.
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15 We will only agree to it with this condition: all of you must be circumcised like us.
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters, and we will live among you and become one family.
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
17 But if you don't agree with us that you should be circumcised, then we'll take our sister and leave.”
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18 Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to what was proposed.
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
19 The young man Shechem didn't waste any time in arranging this because he was infatuated with Jacob's daughter, and he was viewed as the most important person in his father's family.
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
20 Hamor and Shechem went to the town gate and spoke to the other leaders there.
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21 “These men are our friends,” they told them. “Let's have them live here in our country and allow them to go wherever they want—it's big enough for all of them too. We can take their daughters as wives, and we can give our daughters to them to marry.
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 But they will only agree to this on one condition: they will only join us and become one family if every male among us is circumcised like they are.
Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 If that happens, won't all their livestock and property—all their animals—end up belonging to us? We just have to agree to this and they will come and live among us.”
Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24 Everyone there at the town gate agreed with Hamor and Shechem so every male in the town was circumcised.
And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25 Three days later while they were still suffering pain, Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob's sons and Dinah's brothers, came with their swords into the town. Unopposed, they slaughtered every male.
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 brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
26 They killed Hamor and Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left.
And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
27 Jacob's other sons arrived, robbed the dead bodies, and looted the town where their sister had been violated.
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28 They took their sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. They took whatever was in the town, and in the fields—
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
29 all their possessions. They captured all their women and children, and plundered everything in their homes.
And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
30 But Jacob criticized Simeon and Levi, telling them, “You've just caused me a lot of trouble! You've made me like a bad smell among the people in this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I only have a few men, and if these people gather to attack me, I and my whole family will be wiped out.”
And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
31 But they replied, “Should we have let him treat our sister like a prostitute?”
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
