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[1]AndDinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
[2]AndShechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
[3]Andhis soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel.
[4]AndShechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'
[5]NowJacob heard that he had defiled Dinah h daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came.
[6]AndHamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.
[7]Andthe sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought a vile deed in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
[8]AndHamor spoke with them, saying 'The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter. I pray you give her unto him to wife.
[9]Andmake ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
[10]Andye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.'
[11]AndShechem said unto her father and unto her brethren: 'Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
[12]Askme never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'
[13]Andthe sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
[14]Andsaid unto them: 'We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.
[15]Onlyon this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
[16]Thenwill 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.
[17]Butif ye will not hearken unto us, circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.'
[18]Andtheir words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
[19]Andthe young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honoured above all the house of his father.
[20]AndHamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:
[21]'Thesemen are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
[22]Onlyon this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, t become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
[23]Shallnot their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.'
[24]Andunto 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.
[25]Andit came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.
[26]Andthey slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out o Shechem's house, and went forth.
[27]Thesons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
[28]Theytook their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field;
[29]Andall their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house.
[30]AndJacob said to Simeon and Levi: 'Ye have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.'
[31]Andthey said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'
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