Chapter 34
1 Dinah , the daughter of Leah , whom she bore to Jacob , went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite , the prince of the land, saw her . He took her , 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 .
4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor , saying, " Get me this young lady as a 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 .
6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with 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 .
8 Hamor talked with them , saying , " The soul of my son , Shechem , longs for your daughter . Please give her to him as a wife .
9 Make marriages with us . Give your daughters to us , and take our daughters for yourselves.
10 You shall dwell with us , and the land will be before you . Live and trade in it , and get possessions in it ."
11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, " Let me find favour in your eyes , and whatever you will tell me I will give .
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."
13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke , because he had defiled Dinah 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 .
15 Only on this condition will we consent to you . If you will be as we are , 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 .
17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised , then we will take our sister, and we will be gone ."
18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem , Hamor ’s son .
19 The young man didn’t wait to do this thing , because he had delight in Jacob ’s daughter , and he was honoured above all the house of his father.
20 Hamor and Shechem , his son , came to the gate of their city , and talked with 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 .
22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us , to become one people , if every male amongst us is circumcised , as they 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."
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 .
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 .
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 .
27 Jacob ’s sons came on the dead , and plundered the city , because they had defiled their sister.
28 They took their flocks , their herds , their donkeys , that which was in the city , that which was in the field ,
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 .
30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi , " You have troubled me , to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, amongst 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 ."
31 They said, " Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute ?"