Genesis 34

CHAPTER 34

Dinah is Humbled by Shechem

1And went forth Dinah, the daughter whom Leah bore   to Jacob, to study the daughters of the native inhabitants. 2And [²beheld ³her ¹Shechem], the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land. And taking her, he went to bed with her, and humbled her. 3And he took heed to the soul of Dinah the daughter of Jacob. And he loved the virgin, and he spoke concerning the thought   of her virgin state. 4And said Shechem to Hamor   his father, saying, Take for me   this maidservant for a wife. 5And Jacob heard that [⁴defiled ¹the ²son ³of Hamor] Dinah   his daughter.   But his sons were with   his cattle in the plain. [³remained silent ¹And ²Jacob] until   they came. 6And came forth Hamor the father of Shechem to Jacob to speak to him. 7And the sons of Jacob came from the plain. And as they heard, [³were vexed ¹the ²men], and it was distressing to them exceedingly. For [²an indecent act  ¹he did] in Israel, going to bed with the daughter of Jacob. And not thus shall it be. 8And Hamor spoke to them, saying, Shechem   my son prefers [²in his  ³soul   ¹your daughter]. Give her then to him as wife! 9And be allied by marriage to us!   [³your daughters ¹You give ²us], and   [²our daughters ¹you take]   for your sons! 10And [²with ³us ¹dwell]! And the land -- behold, it is spacious before you; you dwell and do trade in it, and acquire possessions in it! 11[³said ¹And ²Shechem] to   her father, and to   her brothers, I want to find favor before you, and what ever you should have said we will give. 12You multiply the dowry exceedingly! and I will give in so far as whatever you should have said to me. And you shall give to me   this child as wife.

Treachery of Jacob's Sons

13[⁵responded ¹And ²the ³sons ⁴of Jacob]   to Shechem and Hamor   his father with treachery. And they spoke to them, for they defiled Dinah   their sister. 14And said to them Simeon and Levi the brothers of Dinah, We shall not be able to do   this matter, to give   our sister to a man who has a foreskin, for it is scorn to us. 15Only in this we will be like you, and dwell among you, if you should become as us and we  you, in the circumcision [³of yours ¹of every ²male]. 16And we will give   our daughters to you, and from   your daughters we will take to ourselves wives, and we will live by you, and we will be [²race ¹one]. 17But if you should not listen to us, of the being circumcised, taking   our daughter, we shall go forth. 18And [³were pleasing ¹the ²words] before Hamor, and before Shechem the son of Hamor. 19And [³did not ⁴pass time ¹the ²young man]   to do   this word, for he clung to the daughter of Jacob. And he was most honorable of all of the ones  in the house   of his father. 20[⁶came ¹And ²Hamor ³and ⁴Shechem   ⁵his son] to the gate   of their city, and spoke to the men   of their city, saying, 21  These men are peaceable with us; let them live upon the land, and let them trade in it! And the land, behold, it is spacious before them;   [⁴of their daughters ¹we shall take ²to ourselves ³wives], and   [²daughters ¹we shall give our] to them. 22In this only will [³be like ⁴us ¹the ²men],   to dwell with us, so as to be [²people ¹one] -- in the being circumcised of us every male, as also they have been circumcised. 23And   their cattle, and the four-footed animals, and   their possessions -- [²not ⁴ours ¹will they ³be]? Only in this, should we be like them, and they will live with us. 24And they listened to Hamor and Shechem   his son, and all the ones  going forth at the gate   of their city. And they were circumcised in the flesh   of their foreskin -- every male. 25And it came to pass in the [²day   ¹third], when they were in   misery, [¹¹taking ¹the ²two ³sons ⁴of Jacob ⁵Simeon ⁶and ⁷Levi ⁸brothers ⁹of Dinah ¹⁰each]   his sword, even entered to the city safely, and killed every male. 26  Also Hamor and Shechem   his son they killed by the mouth of the sword. And they took   Dinah from the house   of Shechem, and went forth. 27And the sons of Jacob entered unto the wounded, and plundered the city in which [³was defiled ¹Dinah   ²their sister]. 28And   their sheep, and   their oxen, and   their donkeys, as much as was in the city, and as much as was in the plain, they took. 29And all   their persons, and all   their belongings, and   their women they captured. And they plundered as much as was in the city, and as much as was in the houses. 30[³said ¹And ²Jacob] to Simeon and Levi, [²me detested ¹You have made], so as [³wicked ¹for me ²to be] to all the ones  dwelling the land, among both the Canaanites and among the Perizzites. And I am very few in number. And gathering against me, they shall cut me down, and I shall be obliterated, I and   my house. 31  And they said, But as a harlot they treated   our sister.