Genesis 34:2–26

²When Shechem the son of Hamor ^athe Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her ¹by force.

³¹He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and ²spoke tenderly to her.

⁴So Shechem ^aspoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young girl for a wife.”

⁵Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in.

⁶Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

⁷Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a ^1adisgraceful thing in Israel ²by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

⁸But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him ¹in marriage.

⁹“Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

¹⁰“Thus you shall ¹live with us, and ^athe land shall be open before you; live and ^btrade in it and ^cacquire property in it.”

¹¹Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “If I find favor in your sight, then I will give whatever you say to me.

¹²“Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl ¹in marriage.”

¹³But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

¹⁴They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to ^aone who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

¹⁵“Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised,

¹⁶then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will ¹live with you and become one people.

¹⁷“But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.”

¹⁸Now their words seemed ¹reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.

¹⁹The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father.

²⁰So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the ^agate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

²¹“These men are ¹friendly with us; therefore let them ²live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is ³large enough for them. Let us take their daughters ⁴in marriage, and give our daughters to them.

²²“Only on this condition will the men consent to us to ¹live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.

²³“Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will ¹live with us.”

^24aAll who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

²⁵Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob’s sons, ^aSimeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male.

²⁶They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went forth.