Genesis 34

1 One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women in that area.

Now Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went out to meet the young women of the land.

2 Shechem, one of the sons of Hamor, the ruler of that area who was descended from the Hiv people-group, saw her. He wanted her. So he grabbed her and forced her to have sex [EUP] with him.

Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and he grabbed her, assaulted her, and slept with her.

3 He [SYN] was very much attracted to her, and fell in love with her, and he tried to get her to love him.

He was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

4 So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Please get this girl for me. I want her to become my wife!”

Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get this young woman for me as a wife.”

5 Jacob very soon found out that his daughter Dinah had been disgraced/defiled. But his sons were in the fields with his livestock, so he did nothing about it until they returned home.

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. His sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.

6 In the meantime, Shechem’s father Hamor went to talk with Jacob.

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

7 While they were still talking, Jacob’s sons came in from the field. When they found out what had happened, they were shocked and very angry. They said, “Shechem has done something that is very disgraceful among us Israeli people, something that never should be done!”

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard of the matter. The men were offended. They were very angry because he had disgraced Israel by forcing himself on Jacob's daughter, for such a thing should not have been done.

8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem really likes this girl. Please allow him to marry her.

Hamor spoke with them, saying, “My son Shechem loves your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

9 Let’s make an agreement: You will give your daughters to our young men to be their wives, and we will give our daughters to your young men to be their wives.

Intermarry with us, give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 You can live among us, and live anywhere in our land that you wish. You can buy and sell things (OR, travel around) and if you find land that you want, then you can buy it.”

You will live with us, and the land will be open to you to live and trade in, and to acquire property.”

11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “If you feel good toward me and do what I am asking for, I will give you whatever you ask for.

Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you tell me I will give.

12 Tell me what gifts you want and what bride price you want, and I will give you what you ask for. I just want you to give the girl to me to be my wife.”

Ask me for as great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.”

13 But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, because Shechem had defiled Dinah their sister.

14 by saying to them, “No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.

They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to anyone who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us.

15 We will do that only if you do one thing: You must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you.

Only on this condition will we agree with you: If you will become circumcised as we are, if every male among you is circumcised.

16 Then we will give our daughters to your young men to be your wives, and we will take your daughters to be the wives of our young men. We will live among you, and we will become one people-group.

Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people.

17 But if you will not agree to being circumcised, we will take our sister and go back to our land.”

But if you do not listen to us and become circumcised, then we will take our sister and we will leave.”

18 What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

19 Shechem was very much in love with Jacob’s daughter, so he quickly agreed to do what they suggested.

The young man did not delay to do what they said, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and because he was the most honored person in all his father's household.

20 Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place near the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders, saying,

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

21 “These men are friendly toward us. We should let them live here and travel around (OR, buy and sell things) and if they find land that they want, they can buy it. There is plenty of land for them to live here. Our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry our daughters.

“These men are at peace with us, so let them live in the land and trade in it for, really, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

22 But these men will agree to live among us and become one people-group with us only if all our males are circumcised, as they are.

Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: If every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.

23 But if we do that, just think! Their livestock and their possessions and their other animals will become ours [RHQ]! So we should agree to do what they suggest, and then they will live among us!”

Will not their livestock and their property—all their animals be ours? So let us agree with them, and they will live among us.”

24 Shechem was the most respected person in his father’s household, so all the men who were there at the city gate agreed to what Hamor and Shechem suggested. So every male in the city was circumcised.

All the men of the city listened to Hamor and Shechem, his son. Every male was circumcised.

25 On the third day after that, when the men of the city were still sore because of being circumcised, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and entered the city without anyone opposing them, and killed all the men.

On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob (Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers), each took his sword and they attacked the city that was certain of its security, and they killed all the males.

26 They even killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and left the city.

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword. They took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

27 Then the other sons of Jacob went into the city where all those dead bodies were. They (looted/took everything in) the city to get revenge for the shameful thing that had been done to their sister.

The other sons of Jacob came to the dead bodies and looted the city, because the people had defiled their sister.

28 They took away the people’s sheep and goats, their cattle, their donkeys, and everything else that they wanted from inside the city and from out in the countryside.

They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and everything in the city and in the surrounding fields with

29 They took away everything that was valuable, even the children and the women. They seized and took away everything that was in the houses.

all their wealth. All their children and their wives, they captured. They even took everything that was in the houses.

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused a lot of trouble for me! Now the Canaan people-group and the Perizzi people-group and everyone else who lives in this land will (hate me/say my name stinks)! I do not have many men to fight for us, so if they all gather together and come to me and attack us, they will destroy us and all our household!”

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, to make me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. If they gather themselves together against me and attack me, then I will be destroyed, I and my household.”

31 But they replied, “(Should we have allowed Shechem to treat our sister like a prostitute?/We could not just let Shechem treat our sister like a prostitute!)” [RHQ]

But Simeon and Levi said, “Should Shechem have dealt with our sister as with a prostitute?”