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And Dinah
the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob,
went out to see the daughters of the land.
02 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.
03 And his soul clave unto Dinah the
daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and
spake kindly unto the damsel.
04 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,
saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
05 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
until they were come.
06 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out
unto Jacob to commune with him.
07 And the sons of Jacob came out of 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.
08 And Hamor communed with them, saying,
The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your
daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
09 And make ye marriages with us, and give
your daughters unto us, and take our daughters
unto you.
10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land
shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein,
and get you possessions therein.
11 And Shechem said unto her father and
unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your
eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
12 Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and
I will give according as ye shall say unto me:
but give me the damsel to wife.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem
and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14 And they said unto them, We cannot do
this thing, to give our sister to one that is
uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If
ye will be as we be, that every male of you be
circumcised;
16 Then will we give our daughters unto
you, and we will take your daughters to us, and
we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people.
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17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to
be circumcised; then will we take our daughter,
and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and
Shechem Hamor's son.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the
thing, because he had delight in Jacob's
daughter: and he was more honourable than all the
house of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto
the gate of their city, and communed with the men
of their city, saying,
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.
22 Only herein will the men consent unto us
for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every
male among us be circumcised, as they are
circumcised.
23 Shall not their cattle and their
substance and every beast of their's be our's?
only let us consent unto them, and they will
dwell with us.
24 And unto Hamor and unto 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.
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.
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.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain,
and spoiled the city, because they had defiled
their sister.
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,
29 And all their wealth, and all their
little ones, and their wives took they captive,
and spoiled even all that was in the house.
30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye
have troubled me to make me to stink among the
inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and
the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they
shall gather themselves together against me, and
slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my
house.
31 And they said, Should he deal with our
sister as with an harlot?
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