Genesis 34
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- And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto
Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
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- And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of
the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
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- And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and
he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
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- And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me
this damsel to wife.
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- And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter:
now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace
until they were come.
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- And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to
commune with him.
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- And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they
heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had
wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought
not to be done.
- 8
- And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son
Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
- 9
- And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters
unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
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- And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before
you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
- 11
- And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren,
Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
- 12
- Ask me 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
- And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his
father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
- 14
- And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to
give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto
us:
- 15
- But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as
we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
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- Then 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.
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- But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised;
then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
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- And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
- 19
- And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because
he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the
house of his father.
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- And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of
their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
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- These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them
dwell in the land, and trade 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.
- 22
- Only 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.
- 23
- Shall not their cattle and their substance and every
beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will
dwell with us.
- 24
- And unto 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
- And it came to pass on the third day, when they were
sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took
each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
- 26
- And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of
the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
- 27
- The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the
city, because they had defiled their sister.
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- They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses,
and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
- 29
- And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and
their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
- 30
- And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me
to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites
and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves
together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
- 31
- And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an
harlot?
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