1And Dinah, the daughter, Leah whom bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3And his soul clung to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.
4And Shechem said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this damsel for my wife”.
5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they returned.
6And Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard of it: and the men were grieved, and very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which ought not to be done.
8And Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter; I ask you to give her to him for his wife.
9And make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
10And you shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade in it, and get you possessions in it.”
11And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you tell me, I will give.
12Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you say to me: but give me the damsel for my wife”.
13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor, his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah, their sister:
14And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach to us:
15But in this will we consent to you: If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
16Then we will 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.
17But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised; then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.”
18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem, Hamor's son.
19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.
20And Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying,
21“These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it; for the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us becomes circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23Shall not their cattle and their substance and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us”.
24And all that went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
25And on the third day, when they were all sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and killed all the males.
26And they killed Hamor and Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and left.
27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28They took their sheep, their oxen, donkeys, and all that was in the city, and what was in the field,
29And all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me to make me odious among the inhabitants of this land, among the Canaanites, and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.”
31And they said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?” Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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