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Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor '
s son Shechem .
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And the young man did not delay to do the thing ,
because he had delight in Jacob '
s daughter .
Now he was the most honored of all his family .
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So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city ,
saying ,
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These men are friendly with us ;
let them dwell in the land and trade in it ,
for behold ,
the land is large enough for them ;
let us take their daughters in marriage ,
and let us give them our daughters .
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Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us ,
to become one people :
that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised .
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Will not their cattle ,
their property and all their beasts be ours ?
Only let us agree with them ,
and they will dwell with us ."
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And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and his son Shechem ;
and every male was circumcised ,
all who went out of the gate of his city .
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On the third day ,
when they were sore ,
two of the sons of Jacob ,
Simeon and Levi ,
Dinah '
s brothers ,
took their swords and came upon the city unawares ,
and killed all the males .
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They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword ,
and took Dinah out of Shechem '
s house ,
and went away .
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And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain ,
and plundered the city ,
because their sister had been defiled ;
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they took their flocks and their herds ,
their asses ,
and whatever was in the city and in the field ;
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all their wealth ,
all their little ones and their wives ,
all that was in the houses ,
they captured and made their prey .
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Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi , "
You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land ,
the Canaanites and the Per '
izzites ;
my numbers are few ,
and if they gather themselves against me and attack me ,
I shall be destroyed ,
both I and my household ."