Genesis 34

1 Then Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out to see the women of that region.

Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region.

2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of that land, had seen her, he fell in love with her. And so he seized her and slept with her, overwhelming the virgin by force.

When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he grabbed her, and raped her, and humiliated her.

3 And his soul was closely bound to her, and, since she was sorrowful, he soothed her with flattery.

Then he became very attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman.

4 And going on to Hamor, his father, he said, “Obtain this girl for me as a mate.”

Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young woman as my wife."

5 But when Jacob had heard this, since his sons were absent and he was occupied in pasturing the cattle, he remained silent until they came back.

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob remained silent until they came.

6 Then, when Hamor, the father of Shechem, had gone out to speak to Jacob,

Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

7 behold, his sons arrived from the field. And hearing what had happened, they were very angry, because he had done a filthy thing in Israel and, in violating a daughter of Jacob, had perpetrated an unlawful act.

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob's daughter; a thing that should not be done.

8 And so Hamor spoke to them: “The soul of my son Shechem has become attached to your daughter. Give her to him as a wife.

Hamor talked with them, saying, "The heart of my son Shechem is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

9 And let us celebrate marriages with one with another. Give us your daughters, and receive our daughters.

Arrange marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 And live with us. The land is in your power: cultivate, trade, and possess it.”

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live and trade in it, and acquire property in it."

11 And Shechem even said to her father and to her brothers: “May I find favor in your sight, and whatever you will appoint, I will give.

Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you ask of me I will give.

12 Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife.”

Ask me for a very expensive bride price, and I will pay whatever you ask of me, but give me the young woman as a wife."

13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister:

The sons of Jacob replied deceitfully to Shechem and his father Hamor, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

14 “We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.

And they said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us.

15 But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.

Only on this condition will we agree with you; that you become like us by circumcising all your males;

16 Then we will mutually give and receive your daughters as well as ours; and we will live with you, and we will become one people.

then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.

17 But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and withdraw.”

But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away."

18 Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.

Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

19 Neither did the young man cause any delay; in fact he immediately fulfilled what was requested. For he loved the girl very much, and he was well-known throughout his father’s house.

The young man did not delay to do this thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most important of anyone in his father's house.

20 And entering at the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:

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 peaceful, and they want to live among us. Let them trade in the land and cultivate it, for, being spacious and broad, it is in need of cultivation. We will receive their daughters as wives, and we will give them ours.

"These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them live in the land and travel in it. For look, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives for ourselves, and let us give them our daughters.

22 There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation.

Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us as one people: that every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

23 And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, will be ours, if only we will acquiesce to this, and so, in living together, will form one people.”

Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree with them, so they will settle among us."

24 And they all agreed to circumcise every one of the males.

All who went out of the gate of his city agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

25 And behold, on the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, boldly entered the city with swords. And they put to death all of the males.

It happened on the third day, when they were still in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came into the unsuspecting city and killed all the males.

26 They killed Hamor and Shechem together, taking their sister Dinah from the house of Shechem.

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

27 And when they had departed, the other sons of Jacob rushed over the slain, and they plundered the city in vengeance for the rape.

Jacob's sons entered over the dead and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

28 Taking their sheep, and herds, and donkeys, and laying waste to everything else that was in their houses and in their fields,

They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and was in the field,

29 they also took their little ones and their wives captive.

and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the houses.

30 When they had boldly completed these acts, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: “You have troubled me, and you have made me hateful to the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few. They, gathering themselves together, may strike me down, and then both I and my house will be wiped away.”

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and attack me, and I and my household will be destroyed."

31 They responded, “Should they abuse our sister like a prostitute?”

But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"