347But if you won't listen to us, then we're going to take our daughter and leave."1What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem,H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 346Then we'll give our daughters to you and take your daughters for ourselves, live among you, and be as a united people.H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 345But we'll agree to your request, only if you will become like us by circumcising every male among you.H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 344They said to them. "We can't do this. We can't give our sister to a man who isn't circumcised, because tha twould be insulting to us.H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 343But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceptively, because Shechem had dishonored their sister Dinah.H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 342No matter how big or how extensive your demands are for a dowry and wedding presents from me, I'll provide whatever you ask. Only give me the young lady to be my wife."H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 341Shechem also addressed her father and brothers, saying to them, "If you'll just approve me, I'll give whatever you ask of me.H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 340Live with us, since the land lays open before you. Live, trade, and grow rich in it."H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 34Some time later, Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she has borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 2When Hamor the Hivite's son Shechem, the regional leader, saw her, he grabbed her and raped her, humiliating her.H7927H1121H2544H2340H5387H776H7200H3947H7901H6031 3He was attached to Dinah, Jacob's daughter, since he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.H5315H1692H1783H1323H3290H157H5291H1696H3820H5291 4Then he told his father Hamor, "Get for me this young woman for my wife."H7927H559H1H2544H559H3947H3207H802 5Because Jacob learned that Shechem had dishonored his daughter Dinah while his sons were still out with their cattle on the open range, he remained silent until they returned.H3290H8085H2930H1783H1323H1121H4735H7704H3290H2790H935 6Meanwhile, She chem's father Hamor arrived to talk to Jacob.H2544H1H7927H3318H3290H1696H854 7Just then Jacob's sons arrived from the field. When they heard what had happened, they were distraught with grief and livid with anger toward the man, because he has committed a disgraceful deed in Israel by forcing Jacob's daughter to have sex, an act that never should have happened.H1121H3290H935H7704H8085H582H6087H3966H2734H6213H5039H3478H7901H3290H1323H6213 8But Hamor said this: "My son is deeply attached to your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.H2544H1696H559H5315H1121H7927H2836H1323H5414H802 9Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and take our sons for yourselves.H2859H5414H1323H3947H1323 19so the young man did not delay the matter any further, since he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Moreover, he was the most important person in his father's house hold.H5288H309H6213H1697H2654H3290H1323H3513H1004H1 20So Hamor and his son Shechem entered the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city.H2544H7927H1121H935H8179H5892H1696H582H5892H559 21"These men are a tpeace with us," they announced. "Therefore, let them live in the land and trade in it. Look! The land is large enough for them. Let's take their daughters as wives for ourselves and let's give our sons to them.H582H8003H854H3427H776H5503H776H7342H3027H6440H3947H1323H802H5414H1323 22"However," they added, "only on this condition will the men consent to live with us and be united as a single people with us: every male among us will have to be circumcised just as they are.H2063H582H225H3427H259H5971H2145H4135H4135 23Shouldn't all their cattle, acquisitions, and animals belong to us - So, let's give our consent to them, and then they'll live with us."H4735H7075H929H225H3427 24All of the males who heard Hamor and his son Shechem, who had gone out to the city gate, were circumcised.H2544H7927H1121H8085H3318H8179H5892H2145H4135H3318H8179H5892 25Three days later, while they were still in pain, Jacob's sons Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah's brothers, each grabbed a sword and entered the city unannounced, intending to kill all the males.H7992H3117H3510H8147H1121H3290H8095H3878H1783H251H3947H376H2719H935H5892H983H2026H2145 26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with theirs words, took back Dinah from Shechem's house, and left.H2026H2544H7927H1121H6310H2719H3947H1783H3947H7927H1004H3318 27Jacob's other sons came along afterward and plundered the city where their sister had been defiled,H1121H3290H935H2491H962H5892H2930H269 28seizing all o ftheir flocks, herds, asses, and whatever else was in the city or had been left ou tin the field.H3947H6629H1241H2543H5892H7704 29They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives as captives, plundering everything that remained in the houses.H2428H2945H802H7617H962H1004 30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have certainly stirred up trouble for me! You've made me stink in the opinion of the Canaanites and the Perrizites who live in this territory. Because I have only a few men with me, they're going to gather themselves together and attack me until I am totally destroyed, along with my entire household!"H3290H559H8095H3878H5916H887H3427H776H3669H6522H4962H4557H622H5221H8045H1004 31"Should he have treated our sister like a whore?" they asked in response.H559H6213H269H2181
