Gen 34
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And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare to Jacob, went out to see the daughters
of the land.
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And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; And he took
her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
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And his soul clave to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke
kindly to the damsel.
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And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
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Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his
cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they came.
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And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him.
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And the sons of Jacob came in from 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.
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And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter:
I pray you, give her to him to wife.
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And make you marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters
to you.
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And you shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade you
therein, and get you possessions therein.
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And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes,
and what you shall say to me I will give.
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Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say to
me: but give me the damsel to wife.
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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke,
because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
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and said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised;
for that were a reproach to us.
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Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will be as we are, that every
male of you be circumcised;
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then will we give our daughters to 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 you will not hearken to 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.
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And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob`s
daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.
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And Hamor and Shechem his son came to 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, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us
for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
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Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one
people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
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Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let
us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
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And to Hamor and to 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.
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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 unawares, and slew all the males.
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And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah
out of Shechem`s house, and went forth.
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The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled
their sister.
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They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the
city, and that which was in the field;
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and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive
and made a prey, even all that was in the house.
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me, to make me odious to the
inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few
in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall
be destroyed, I and my house.
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And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?