Genesis:34

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* And Dinah the daughter of Leah , whom she bore to Jacob , went out to see the daughters of the land . * And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite , the prince of the land , saw her ; And he took her , and lay with her , and humbled her . * And his soul stuck to Dinah the daughter of Jacob , and he loved the damsel , and spoke kindly to the damsel . * And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor , saying , Get me this damsel as wife . * Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter ; and his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Jacob held his peace until they came . * And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him . * And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved , and they were very angry , because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob 's daughter ; which thing ought not to be done . * And Hamor communed with them , saying , The soul of my son Shechem longs for your (note :){+}(:note ) daughter : I pray you {+}, give her to him as wife . * And make (note :){+}(:note ) marriages with us ; give your {+} daughters to us , and take our daughters to you {+}. * And you (note :){+}(:note ) will dwell with us : and the land will be before you {+}; dwell and trade in it , and get possessions in it . * And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers , Let me find favor in your (note :){+}(:note ) eyes , and what you {+} will say to me , I will give . * Ask me ever so much dowry and gift , and I will give according to as you (note :){+}(:note ) will say to me : but give me the damsel as wife . * And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile , and spoke , because he had defiled Dinah their sister , * and said to them , We can 't do this thing , to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised ; for that would be a reproach to us . * Only on this condition we will consent to you (note :){+}(:note ): if you {+} will be as we are , that every male of you {+} is circumcised ; * then we will give our daughters to you (note :){+}(:note ), and we will take your {+} daughters to us , and we will dwell with you {+}, and we will become one people . * But if you (note :){+}(:note ) will not listen to us , to be circumcised ; then we will take our daughter , and we will be gone . * And their words pleased Hamor , and Shechem Hamor 's son . * And the young man didn 't defer to do the thing , because he had delight in Jacob 's daughter : and he was honored above all the house of his father . * And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city , and communed with the men of their city , saying , * These men are peaceful with us ; so let them dwell in the land , and trade in it ; for , look , the land is large enough for them ; let us take their daughters to us for wives , and let us give them our daughters . * Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us , to become one people , if every male among us be circumcised , as they are circumcised . * Will not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours ? Only let us consent to them , and they will dwell with us . * And to Hamor and to Shechem his son listened all who went out of the gate of his city ; and every male was circumcised , all who went out of the gate of his city . * 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 brothers , took each man his sword , and came upon the city unawares , and slew all the males . * And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword , and took Dinah out of Shechem 's house , and went forth . * The sons of Jacob came upon the slain , and plundered the city , because they had defiled their sister . * They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys , and that which was in the city , and that which was in the field ; * and all their wealth , and all their little ones and their wives , they captured and plundered , as well as all that was in the houses . * And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi , You (note :){+}(:note ) have troubled me , to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land , among the Canaanites and the Perizzites : and , I being few in number , they will gather themselves together against me and strike me ; and I will be destroyed , I and my house . * And they said , Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute ?

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