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 Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

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 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

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 clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

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

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, 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.

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.

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

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

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.

And the sons of Jacob came in from 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 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 Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her unto him to wife.

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

And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

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

And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

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;

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me 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.”

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

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah 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.

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

Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we be, that every male of 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 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 and if you do not listen to us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.”

But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

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

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s 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 deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honoured above all the house of his father.

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 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 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 with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

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;

Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

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.”

Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

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 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 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 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 unawares, and slew all the males.

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 slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went forth.

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

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

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;

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;

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 all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house.

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 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 will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

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

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?