Genesis:34

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* Now Dinah the daughter of Leah , whom she had borne to Jacob , went out to see the daughters of the land . * And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite , chief of the land , saw her , he took her and lay with her , and humbled her . * And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob , and he loved the girl and spoke to the heart of the girl . * And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor , saying , Get this girl for me as a wife . * And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter . Now his sons were with his livestock in the field ; so Jacob held his peace until they came . * And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him . * And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it ; and the men were grieved and extremely furious , because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob ’s daughter , a thing which ought not to be done . * And Hamor spoke with them , saying , The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter . Please give her to him as a wife . * And make marriages with us ; give your daughters to us , and take our daughters to yourselves . * And you shall dwell with us , and the land is before you . Dwell and trade in it , and acquire possessions in it . * And Shechem said to her father and her brothers , Let me find favor in your eyes , and whatever you say to me I will give . * Ask me ever so much dowry and gift , and I will give according to what you say to me ; but give me the girl as a wife . * And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father , and spoke deceitfully , because he had defiled Dinah their sister ; * and they said to them : We cannot do this thing , to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised , for that would be a reproach to us . * But on this condition we will consent to you : If you will become as we are , if every male of you is circumcised , * then we will 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 . * But if you will not heed us and be circumcised , then we will take our daughter and be gone . * And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem , Hamor ’s son . * And the young man did not delay to do the thing , because he delighted in Jacob ’s daughter . He was more honorable than all the house of his father . * And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city , and spoke with the men of their city , saying : * These men are peaceable with us . Therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it . For indeed the land is wide of hands before them . Let us take their daughters to us as wives , and let us give our daughters to them . * Only on this condition will the men consent to dwell with us , to be one people : if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised . * Shall not their livestock , their property , and every animal of theirs be ours ? Only let us consent to them , and they will dwell with us . * And all those going out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son ; every male was circumcised , all those going out of the gate of his city . * And it came to pass on the third day , when they were in pain , that two of the sons of Jacob , Simeon and Levi , Dinah ’s brothers , each took his sword and came upon the city in its security and killed every male . * And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword , and fetched Dinah from Shechem ’s house , and went out . * The sons of Jacob came upon the slain , and plundered the city , because they had defiled their sister . * They took their sheep , their oxen , and their donkeys , what was in the city and what was in the field . * All their wealth , all their little ones and their wives they took captive ; and they plundered even all that was in the houses . * And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi , You have troubled me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land , among the Canaanites and the Perizzites ; and since I am few in number , they will gather themselves together against me and kill me . I shall be destroyed , my house and I . * And they said , Should he treat our sister like a harlot ?

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