Genesis 34

¹Now Dinah the daughter of Leah , whom she had borne to Jacob , went out to see the women of the land .

²And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite , the prince of the land , saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.

³And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob . He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her .

⁴So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor , saying , Get me this girl for my wife .

⁵Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah . But his sons were with his livestock in the field , so Jacob held his peace until they came .

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

⁷The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry , because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter , for such a thing must not be done .

⁸But Hamor spoke with them, saying , The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter . Please give her to him to be his wife .

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

¹⁰You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you . Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.

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

¹²Ask me for as great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife .

¹³The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully , because he had defiled their sister Dinah .

¹⁴They said to them, We cannot do this thing , to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised , for that would be a disgrace to us.

¹⁵Only on this condition will we agree with you— that you will become as we are by every male among you being circumcised .

¹⁶Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people .

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

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

¹⁹And the young man did not delay to do the thing , because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter . Now he was the most honored of all his father’s house .

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

²¹These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold , the land is large enough for them . Let us take their daughters as wives , and let us give them our daughters .

²²Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us to become one people —when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised .

²³Will not their livestock , their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.

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

²⁵On the third day , when they were sore , two of the sons of Jacob , Simeon and Levi , Dinah’s brothers , took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males .

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

²⁷The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city , because they had defiled their sister .

²⁸They took their flocks and their herds , their donkeys , and whatever was in the city and in the field .

²⁹All their wealth , all their little ones and their wives , all that was in the houses , they captured and plundered .

³⁰Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi , You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land , the Canaanites and the Perizzites . My numbers are few , and if they gather themselves against me and attack me , I shall be destroyed , both I and my household .

³¹But they said , Should he treat our sister like a prostitute ?