< Genesis 34 >

1 And she went out Dinah [the] daughter of Leah whom she had borne to Jacob to look on [the] daughters of the land. 2 And he saw her Shechem [the] son of Hamor the Hivite [the] chief of the land and he took her and he lay with with her and he humiliated her. 3 And it cleaved self his to Dinah [the] daughter of Jacob and he loved the girl and he spoke to [the] heart of the girl. 4 And he said Shechem to Hamor father his saying get for me the girl this to a wife. 5 And Jacob he heard that he had defiled Dinah daughter his and sons his they were with livestock his in the field and he kept silent Jacob until came they. 6 And he went out Hamor [the] father of Shechem to Jacob to speak with him. 7 And [the] sons of Jacob they came from the field when heard they and they were indignant the men and it burned to them exceedingly for a disgraceful folly he had done in Israel by lying with [the] daughter of Jacob and thus not it is done. 8 And he spoke Hamor with them saying Shechem son my it loves self his daughter your give please her to him to a wife. 9 And intermarry with with us daughters your you will give to us and daughters our you will take for yourselves. 10 And with us you will dwell and the land it will be before you dwell and go about in it and have possessions in it. 11 And he said Shechem to father her and to brothers her let me find favor in eyes your and [that] which you will say to me I will give. 12 Increase on me exceedingly a bride price and a gift so let me give [it] just as you will say to me and give to me the girl to a wife. 13 And they answered [the] sons of Jacob Shechem and Hamor father his with deceit and they spoke that he had defiled Dinah sister their. 14 And they said to them not we are able to do the thing this to give sister our to a man whom [belongs] to him a foreskin for [is] a reproach it to us. 15 Only in this we will agree to you if you will be like us by being circumcised of you every male. 16 And we will give daughters our to you and daughters your we will take for ourselves and we will dwell with you and we will become a people one. 17 And if not you will listen to us by being circumcised and we will take daughter our and we will go. 18 And they were good words their in [the] eyes of Hamor and in [the] eyes of Shechem [the] son of Hamor. 19 And not he delayed the young man to do the thing for he delighted in [the] daughter of Jacob and he [was] honored more than all [the] household of father his. 20 And he went Hamor and Shechem son his to [the] gate of city their and they spoke to [the] men of city their saying. 21 The men these [are] at peace they with us and let them dwell in the land and let them go about in it and the land there! [is] broad of both hands before them daughters their we will take for ourselves to wives and daughters our we will give to them. 22 Only in this they will agree to us the men to dwell with us to become a people one when has been circumcised of us every male just as they [are] circumcised. 23 Livestock their and possession[s] their and all animal[s] their ¿ not [belong] to us [will] they only let us agree with them and let them dwell with us. 24 And they listened to Hamor and to Shechem son his all [those who] went out of [the] gate of city his and they were circumcised every male all [those who] went out of [the] gate of city his. 25 And it was on the day third when were they in pain and they took two of [the] sons of Jacob Simeon and Levi [the] brothers of Dinah each sword his and they went on the city security and they killed every male. 26 And Hamor and Shechem son his they slew to [the] mouth of [the] sword and they took Dinah from [the] house of Shechem and they went out. 27 [the] sons of Jacob they came on the [ones] slain and they plundered the city that people had defiled sister their. 28 Flock[s] their and herd[s] their and donkeys their and [that] which [was] in the city and [that] which [was] in the field they took. 29 And all wealth their and all little one[s] their and wives their they took captive and they plundered and all that [was] in the house. 30 And he said Jacob to Simeon and to Levi you have troubled me by making odious me among [the] inhabitant[s] of the land among the Canaanite[s] and among the Perizzite[s] and I [am] men of number and they will gather on me and they will attack me and I will be destroyed I and household my. 31 And they said ¿ like a prostitute will he use sister our.

< Genesis 34 >