Genesis 34

1 And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

Dinah, Jacob and Leah's daughter, went to visit some of the local women.

2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth 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 cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

However, then he fell deeply in love with Dinah and tried to get her to love him too.

4 And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, 'Take for 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 hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.

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, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;

In the meantime Hamor, Shechem's father, arrived to talk with Jacob.

7 and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob — and so it is not 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 speaketh with them, saying, 'Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, 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 join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

In fact we can have more marriages—you can give us your daughters and you can have our daughters.

10 and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.'

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 saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, 'Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I 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 multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person 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 answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he 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 say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it [is] 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 'Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

We will only agree to it with this condition: all of you must be circumcised like us.

16 then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have 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 and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have 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 are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;

Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to what was proposed.

19 and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above 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 cometh — Shechem his son also — unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto 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; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, lo, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

“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 for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being 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 their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts — are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they 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 unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going 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 cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

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 Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.

They killed Hamor and Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left.

27 Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil 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 their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which [is] in the city, and that which [is] in the field, have they taken;

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 infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that [is] in the house.

all their possessions. They captured all their women and children, and plundered everything in their homes.

30 And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, 'Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been 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 say, 'As a harlot doth he make our sister?'

But they replied, “Should we have let him treat our sister like a prostitute?”