Genesis:34:15-31

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ylt @Genesis:34:15 @'Only for this we consent to you ; if ye be as we , to have every male of you circumcised , ylt @Genesis:34:16 @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 ; ylt @Genesis:34:17 @and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised , then we have taken our daughter , and have gone .' ylt @Genesis:34:18 @And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor , and in the eyes of Shechem , Hamor 's son ; ylt @Genesis:34:19 @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 . ylt @Genesis:34:20 @And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city , and they speak unto the men of their city , saying , ylt @Genesis:34:21 @'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 . ylt @Genesis:34:22 @'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 ; ylt @Genesis:34:23 @their cattle , and their substance , and all their beasts -- are they not ours ? only let us consent to them , and they dwell with us .' ylt @Genesis:34:24 @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 . ylt @Genesis:34:25 @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 ; ylt @Genesis:34:26 @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 . ylt @Genesis:34:27 @Jacob 's sons have come in upon the wounded , and they spoil the city , because they had defiled their sister ; ylt @Genesis:34:28 @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 ; ylt @Genesis:34:29 @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 . ylt @Genesis:34:30 @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 .' ylt @Genesis:34:31 @And they say , 'As a harlot doth he make our sister ?'

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