[1] Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out
to visit the women of the land; [2] and when Shechem the son of Hamor the
Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and
humbled her. [3] And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob; he
loved the maiden and spoke tenderly to her. [4] So Shechem spoke to his
father Hamor, saying, "Get me this maiden for my wife." [5] Now Jacob heard
that he had defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with his cattle
in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came. [6] And Hamor the
father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. [7] The sons of
Jacob came in from the field when they heard of it; and the men were
indignant and very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying
with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done. [8] But Hamor
spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your
daughter; I pray you, give her to him in marriage. [9] Make marriages with
us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. [10]
You shall dwell with us; and the land shall be open to you; dwell and trade
in it, and get property in it." [11] Shechem also said to her father and to
her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I
will give. [12] Ask of me ever so much as marriage present and gift, and I
will give according as you say to me; only give me the maiden to be my
wife." [13] The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor
deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. [14] They said to
them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is
uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. [15] Only on this
condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every
male of you be circumcised. [16] Then we will give our daughters to you,
and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you
and become one people. [17] But if you will not listen to us and be
circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone." [18]
Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor's son Shechem. [19] 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. [20] So Hamor and his son
Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,
saying, [21] "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. [22] 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.
[23] Will not their cattle, their property and all their beasts be ours?
Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us." [24] 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.
[25] 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. [26] They slew Hamor and his son
Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went
away. [27] And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the
city, because their sister had been defiled; [28] they took their flocks
and their herds, their asses, and whatever was in the city and in the
field; [29] all their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all
that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey. [30] 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." [31] But they said, "Should
he treat our sister as a harlot?"
