34:1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land:

34:2 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:

34:3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel:

34:4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife:

34:5 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:

34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him:

34:7 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:

34:8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife:

34:9 And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you:

34:10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein:

34:11 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:

34:12 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:

34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

34:14 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:

34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised:

34:16 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:

34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone:

34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor' s son:

34:19 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:

34:20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying:

34:21 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:

34:22 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:

34:23 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:

34:24 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:

34:25 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:

34:26 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:

34:27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister:

34:28 They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field:

34:29 And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the house:

34:30 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:

34:31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot: