Genesis 34

1 Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region.

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

2 When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he grabbed her, and raped her, and humiliated 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 Then he became very attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman.

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

4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young woman as my wife."

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

5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob remained silent until they came.

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 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

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

7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob's daughter; a thing that should not be 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 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The heart of my son Shechem is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as 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 Arrange marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

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

10 You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live and trade in it, and acquire property in it."

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

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you ask of me I will 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 Ask me for a very expensive bride price, and I will pay whatever you ask of me, but give me the young woman as 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 The sons of Jacob replied deceitfully to Shechem and his father Hamor, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

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

14 And they said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace 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 on this condition will we agree with you; that you become like us by circumcising all your males;

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 will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live among you and 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 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away."

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

18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son:

19 The young man did not delay to do this thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most important of anyone in his father's house.

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 Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

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

21 "These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them live in the land and travel in it. For look, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives for ourselves, and let us give them our daughters.

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 on this condition will the men agree to live with us as one people: that every male among us be 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 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree with them, so they will settle among 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 All who went out of the gate of his city agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

25 It happened on the third day, when they were still in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came into the unsuspecting city and killed all the males.

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 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

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

27 Jacob's sons entered over the dead and plundered 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 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and was in the field,

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. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the houses.

And their children and wives they took captive,

30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and attack me, and I and my household will be destroyed."

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 But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"

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