And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to
see the daughters of the land. 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.
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel,
and spake kindly unto the damsel. And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor,
saying, Get me this damsel to wife. 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. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto
Jacob to commune with him. 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. And Hamor
communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your
daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and
take our daughters unto you. And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be
before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. 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. 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. And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father
deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: 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: But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be
circumcised; 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. But
if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our
daughter, and we will be gone. And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem
Hamor’s son. 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. And Hamor and Shechem his son
came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city,
saying, 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. 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.
Shall not their cattle and their
substance and every beast of theirs be
ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. 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. 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. 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. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the
city, because they had defiled their sister. They took their sheep, and their
oxen, and their asses, 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
took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. 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. And they said, Should he deal with
our sister as with an harlot?
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