Genesis 34

1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

And Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants.

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

And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her.

3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel.

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

Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for 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 held his peace until they came.

And Jacob heard that the son of Emmor had defiled Dina his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the plain). And Jacob was silent until they came.

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

And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him.

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 done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.

And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because [the man] wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it must not be.

8 Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,

9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.

10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”

And dwell in the midst of us; and, behold, the land is spacious before you, dwell in it, and trade, and get possessions in it.

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

And Sychem said to her father and to her brothers, I would find grace before you, and we will give whatever you shall name.

12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”

Multiply [your demand of] dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as you shall say to me, only you shall give me this damsel for a wife.

13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina their sister.

14 and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.

15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell amongst you, if you also will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised.

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.

And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race.

17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.”

But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.

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

And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor.

19 The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob's daughter, and he was the most honourable of all in his father's house.

20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

21 “These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters.

These men are peaceful, let them dwell with us upon the land, and let them trade in it, and behold the land is extensive before them; we will take their daughters to us for wives, and we will give them our daughters.

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

Only on these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised.

23 Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”

And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their possessions, be ours? only in this let us conform to them, and they will dwell with us.

24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

And all that went in at the gate of their city listened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male.

25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and killed every male.

26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

And they killed Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.

27 Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.

28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,

And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatever were in the city, and whatever were in the plain.

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

And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.

30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled 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 strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”

And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, You have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both amongst the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.

31 They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”

And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot?