Genesis 34

1 And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she has borne to Jacob, goes out to look on the daughters of the land,

And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.

2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, sees her, and takes her, and lies with her, and humbles her;

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.

3 and his soul cleaves to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loves the young person, and speaks to the heart of the young person.

And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.

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

And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

5 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.

But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back.

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

And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,

7 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.

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,

8 And Hamor speaks with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul has cleaved to your daughter; please give her to him for a wife,

And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

9 and join in marriage with us; you give your daughters to us, and you take our daughters for yourselves,

And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters and take you our daughters,

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

And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

11 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;

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.

12 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.”

Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

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

The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

14 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.

We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.

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

But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

16 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;

Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:

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

But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart:

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

Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son:

19 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.

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.

20 And Hamor comes—his son Shechem also—to the gate of their city, and they speak to the men of their city, saying,

And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:

21 “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.

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.

22 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;

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.

23 their livestock, and their substance, and all their beasts—are they not ours? Only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.”

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.

24 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.

And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

25 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;

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:

26 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.

And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem’s house.

27 Jacob’s sons have come in on the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.

28 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;

And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields.

29 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.

And their children and wives they took captive,

30 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.”

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.

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

They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?