Genesis 34–35

34And ^aDinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. ²And when ^bShechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and ^†defiled her. ³And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake ^†kindly unto the damsel. ⁴And Shechem ^cspake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. ⁵And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob ^dheld his peace until they were come. ⁶And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. ⁷And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they ^ewere very wroth, because he ^fhad wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ^gought not to be done. ⁸And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. ⁹And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. ¹⁰And ye shall dwell with us: and ^hthe land shall be before you; dwell and ⁱtrade ye therein, and ^kget you possessions therein. ¹¹And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, ^lLet me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. ¹²Ask me never so much ^mdowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. ¹³And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father ⁿdeceitfully, and said, because he had ^odefiled Dinah their sister: ¹⁴And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for ^pthat were a reproach unto us: ¹⁵But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; ¹⁶Then 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. ¹⁷But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. ¹⁸And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son. ¹⁹And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was ^qmore honourable than all the house of his father. ²⁰And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, ²¹These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and ^rtrade 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. ²²Only 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. ²³Shall 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. ²⁴And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that ^swent out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. ²⁵And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, ^tSimeon and Levi, ^uDinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. ²⁶And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the ^†edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out. ²⁷The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had ^xdefiled their sister. ²⁸They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, ²⁹And all their wealth, and all their ^ylittle ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. ³⁰And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have ^ztroubled me ^ato make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among ^bthe Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being ^cfew in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. ³¹And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

35And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to ^aBeth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee ^bwhen thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. ²Then Jacob said unto his ^chousehold, and to all that were with him, Put away ^dthe strange gods that are among you, and ^ebe clean, and change your garments: ³And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, ^fwho answered me in the day of my distress, ^gand was with me in the way which I went. ⁴And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their ^hearrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under ⁱthe oak which was by Shechem. ⁵And they journeyed: and ^kthe terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. ⁶So Jacob came to ^lLuz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Beth-el, he and all the people that were with him. ⁷And he built there an altar, and called the place ^||El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. ⁸But ^mDeborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under ⁿan oak: and the name of it was called ^||Allon-bachuth. ⁹And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padan-aram, and blessed him. ¹⁰And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: ^othy name shall not be called any more Jacob, ^pbut Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. ¹¹And God said unto him, ^qI am God Almighty: be ^rfruitful and multiply; ^sa nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; ¹²And the land ^twhich I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. ¹³And God ^uwent up from him in the place where he talked with him. ¹⁴And Jacob ^wset up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a ^xdrink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. ¹⁵And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, ^yBeth-el.

¹⁶And they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but ^†a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. ¹⁷And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; ^zthou shalt have this son also. ¹⁸And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name ^||Ben-oni: but his father called him ^||Benjamin. ¹⁹And ^aRachel died, and was buried in the way to ^bEphrath, which is Beth-lehem. ²⁰And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is ^cthe pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day. ²¹And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond ^dthe tower of Edar. ²²And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and ^elay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³The sons of Leah; ^fReuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram. ²⁷And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto ^gMamre, unto the ^hcity of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and ⁱIsaac sojourned. ^28*And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. ²⁹And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and ^kwas gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and ^lhis sons Esau and Jacob buried him.