34NOW DINAH daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out [unattended] to see the girls of the place.H1783H1323H3812H3205H3290H3318H7200H1323H776 2And when Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he seized her, lay with her, and humbled, defiled, {and} disgraced her.H7927H1121H2544H2340H5387H776H7200H3947H7901H6031 3But his soul longed for {and} clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart's wishes.H5315H1692H1783H1323H3290H157H5291H1696H3820H5291 4And Shechem said to his father Hamor, Get me this girl to be my wife.H7927H559H1H2544H559H3947H3207H802 5Jacob heard that [Shechem] had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field. So Jacob held his peace until they came.H3290H8085H2930H1783H1323H1121H4735H7704H3290H2790H935 6But Hamor father of Shechem went out to Jacob to have a talk with him.H2544H1H7927H3318H3290H1696H854 7When Jacob's sons heard it, they came from the field; and they were distressed and grieved and very angry, for [Shechem] had done a vile thing to Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter, which ought not to be done.H1121H3290H935H7704H8085H582H6087H3966H2734H6213H5039H3478H7901H3290H1323H6213 8And Hamor conferred with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem craves your daughter [and sister]. I beg of you give her to him to be his wife.H2544H1696H559H5315H1121H7927H2836H1323H5414H802 9And make marriages with us and give your daughters to us and take our daughters to you.H2859H5414H1323H3947H1323 10You shall dwell with us; the country will be open to you; live and trade and get your possessions in it.H3427H776H1961H6440H3427H5503H270 11And Shechem said to [Dinah's] father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask of me.H7927H559H1H251H4672H2580H5869H559H5414 12Ask me ever so much dowry and [marriage] gift, and I will give according to what you tell me; only give me the girl to be my wife.H7235H3966H4119H4976H5414H559H5414H5291H802 13The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, [justifying their intended action by saying, in effect, we are going to do this] because Shechem had defiled {and} disgraced their sister Dinah.H1121H3290H6030H7927H2544H1H4820H1696H2930H1783H269 14They said to them, We cannot do this thing {and} give our sister to one who is not circumcised, for that would be a reproach {and} disgrace to us.H559H3808H3201H6213H1697H5414H269H376H6190H2781 15But we do consent to do this: if you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised,H2063H225H2145H4135 16Then we will give our daughters to you and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you and become one people.H5414H1323H3947H1323H3427H259H5971 17But if you will not listen to us and consent to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.H8085H4135H3947H1323H1980 18Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.H1697H3190H5869H2544H7927H2544H1121 19And the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he delighted in Jacob's daughter. He was honored above all his family [so, ranking first, he acted first].H5288H309H6213H1697H2654H3290H1323H3513H1004H1 20Then Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their [enclosed] town and discussed the matter with the citizens, saying,H2544H7927H1121H935H8179H5892H1696H582H5892H559 21These men are peaceable with us; so let them dwell in the land and trade in it; for the land is large enough [for us and] for them; let us take their daughters for wives and let us give them our daughters.H582H8003H854H3427H776H5503H776H7342H3027H6440H3947H1323H802H5414H1323 22But the men will consent to our request that they live among us and be one people only on condition that every male among us be circumcised, as they are.H2063H582H225H3427H259H5971H2145H4135H4135 23Shall not their cattle and their possessions and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell here with us.H4735H7075H929H225H3427 24And all the people who went out of the town gate listened {and} heeded what Hamor and Shechem said; and every male was circumcised who was a resident of that town.H2544H7927H1121H8085H3318H8179H5892H2145H4135H3318H8179H5892 25But on the third day [after the circumcision] when [all the men] were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's [full] brothers, took their swords, boldly entered the city [without danger], and slew all the males.H7992H3117H3510H8147H1121H3290H8095H3878H1783H251H3947H376H2719H935H5892H983H2026H2145 26And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem's house [where she had been all this time] and departed.H2026H2544H7927H1121H6310H2719H3947H1783H3947H7927H1004H3318 27[Then the rest of] Jacob's [eleven] sons came upon the slain and plundered the town, because there their sister had been defiled {and} disgraced.H1121H3290H935H2491H962H5892H2930H269 28They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the town and in the field;H3947H6629H1241H2543H5892H7704 29All their wealth and all their little ones and their wives they took captive, making spoil even of all [they found] in the houses.H2428H2945H802H7617H962H1004 30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have ruined me, making me infamous {and} embroiling me with the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! And we are few in number, and they will gather together against me and attack me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my household.H3290H559H8095H3878H5916H887H3427H776H3669H6522H4962H4557H622H5221H8045H1004 31And they said, Should he [be permitted to] deal with our sister as with a harlot?H559H6213H269H2181
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