Genesis 34
1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Dinah, Jacob and Leah's daughter, went to visit some of the local women.
2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her. He grabbed hold of her and raped her.
3 And his soul cleaved to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.
However, then he fell deeply in love with Dinah and tried to get her to love him too.
4 And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for a wife.
He went and asked his father, “Get this young girl for me so I can marry her.”
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the field: ) and Jacob held his peace till they had come.
Jacob found out that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, but as his sons were away looking after the flocks in the fields he didn't say anything until they came home.
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him.
In the meantime Hamor, Shechem's father, arrived to talk with Jacob.
7 And the sons of Jacob came 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.
When Jacob's sons returned from the fields they were very upset when they heard the news and became extremely angry because Shechem had done something outrageous in Israel by having sex with Jacob's daughter—something that should never be done.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife.
Hamor told them, “My son Shechem is very much in love with your daughter and your sister Dinah. Please allow him to marry her.
9 And make ye marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
In fact we can have more marriages—you can give us your daughters and you can have our daughters.
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
You can live among us and settle down wherever you like. You can go where you want and buy land for yourselves.”
11 And Shechem said to her father, and to her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and what ye shall say to me, I will give.
Then Shechem himself spoke up, and said to Dinah's father and brothers, “Please accept me and my proposal, and I'll do whatever you ask.
12 Ask me never so much dower and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me: but give me the damsel for a wife.
You can set the bride price as high as you like, and I'll pay it along with all the gifts I'll give. Just let me have the girl so I can marry her.”
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, (because he had defiled Dinah their sister, )
Jacob's sons weren't honest when they answered him and his father Hamor because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
14 And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised: for that [would be] a reproach to us:
They told them, “We can't do this! We can't allow our sister to marry a man who's not circumcised. That would bring disgrace on us.
15 But in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we [are], that every male of you shall be circumcised;
We will only agree to it with this condition: all of you must be circumcised like us.
16 Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters, and we will live among you and become one family.
17 But if ye will not hearken to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
But if you don't agree with us that you should be circumcised, then we'll take our sister and leave.”
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to what was proposed.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he [was] more honorable than all the house of his father.
The young man Shechem didn't waste any time in arranging this because he was infatuated with Jacob's daughter, and he was viewed as the most important person in his father's family.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
Hamor and Shechem went to the town gate and spoke to the other leaders there.
21 These men [are] peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein: for the land, behold, [it is] large enough for them: let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
“These men are our friends,” they told them. “Let's have them live here in our country and allow them to go wherever they want—it's big enough for all of them too. We can take their daughters as wives, and we can give our daughters to them to marry.
22 Only herein, will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us shall be circumcised, as they [are] circumcised.
But they will only agree to this on one condition: they will only join us and become one family if every male among us is circumcised like they are.
23 [Will] not their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
If that happens, won't all their livestock and property—all their animals—end up belonging to us? We just have to agree to this and they will come and live among us.”
24 And to Hamor and to 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.
Everyone there at the town gate agreed with Hamor and Shechem so every male in the town was circumcised.
25 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 boldly, and slew all the males.
Three days later while they were still suffering pain, Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob's sons and Dinah's brothers, came with their swords into the town. Unopposed, they slaughtered every male.
26 And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
They killed Hamor and Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city; because they had defiled their sister.
Jacob's other sons arrived, robbed the dead bodies, and looted the town where their sister had been violated.
28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field.
They took their sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys. They took whatever was in the town, and in the fields—
29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives they took captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house.
all their possessions. They captured all their women and children, and plundered everything in their homes.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites, and the Perizzites: and I [being] few in number, they will assemble themselves against me, and slay me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
But Jacob criticized Simeon and Levi, telling them, “You've just caused me a lot of trouble! You've made me like a bad smell among the people in this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I only have a few men, and if these people gather to attack me, I and my whole family will be wiped out.”
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister, as with a harlot?
But they replied, “Should we have let him treat our sister like a prostitute?”
