Genesis Chapter 34
34:1 | And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to ![]() |
34:2 | 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. |
34:3 | And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. |
34:4 | And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. |
34:5 | And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his ![]() |
34:6 | And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. |
34:7 | 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 ![]() |
34:8 | And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. |
34:9 | And make ye marriages with us, [and] give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. |
34:10 | And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. |
34:11 | 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. |
34:12 | 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. |
34:13 | And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: |
34:14 | And they said unto them, We cannot ![]() |
34:15 | But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised; |
34:16 | 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. |
34:17 | But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. |
34:18 | And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor' son. |
34:19 | And the young man deferred not to ![]() ![]() |
34:20 | And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, |
34:21 | 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. |
34:22 | 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. |
34:23 | [Shall] not their ![]() |
34:24 | 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. |
34:25 | And it came to pass on the third ![]() ![]() ![]() |
34:26 | And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the ![]() ![]() |
34:27 | The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. |
34:28 | They took their ![]() |
34:29 | And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that [was] in the ![]() |
34:30 | And Jacob said to Simeon and ![]() ![]() |
34:31 | And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? |