Genesis 34

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

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

2 Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and he grabbed her, assaulted her, and slept with 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 He was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

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 this young woman for me as a 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. His sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace 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 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.

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 spoke with them, saying, “My son Shechem loves 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 Intermarry 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 will live with us, and the land will be open to you to live and trade in, and to acquire property.”

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 eyes, and whatever you tell 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 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.”

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

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

14 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.

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: If you will become circumcised as we are, if every male among you is 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 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.

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

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

18 Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son:

19 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.

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 Shechem his son went to the gate of their city and spoke with 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, 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.

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 and become one people: If every male among us is 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 Will not their livestock and their property—all their animals be ours? So let us agree with them, and they will live 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 the men of the city listened to Hamor and Shechem, his son. Every male was circumcised.

And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

25 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.

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 the edge of the sword. They took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

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

27 The other sons of Jacob came to the dead bodies and looted the city, because the people 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 everything in the city and in the surrounding fields with

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

29 all their wealth. All their children and their wives, they captured. They even took 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 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.”

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

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