| New International Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land. | 1Leah's daughter Dinah, whom Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area. |
| 2When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her. | 2When Shechem--son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the region's chieftain--saw her, he took her and raped her. |
| 3His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. | 3He became infatuated with Jacob's daughter Dinah. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her. |
| 4And Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as my wife." | 4"Get me this girl as a wife," he told his father. |
| 5When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home. | 5Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent until they returned. |
| 6Then Shechem's father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob. | 6Meanwhile, Shechem's father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. |
| 7Meanwhile, Jacob's sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping with Jacob's daughter--a thing that should not be done. | 7Jacob's sons returned from the field when they heard about the incident and were deeply grieved and very angry. For Shechem had committed an outrage against Israel by raping Jacob's daughter, and such a thing should not be done. |
| 8But Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. | 8Hamor said to Jacob's sons, "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. |
| 9Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves. | 9Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. |
| 10You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it." | 10Live with us. The land is before you. Settle here, move about, and acquire property in it." |
| 11Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask. | 11Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Grant me this favor, and I'll give you whatever you say. |
| 12Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I'll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife." | 12Demand of me a high compensation and gift; I'll give you whatever you ask me. Just give the girl to be my wife!" |
| 13Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob's sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor. | 13But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah. |
| 14They said to them, "We can't do such a thing; we can't give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us. | 14"We cannot do this thing," they said to them. "Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us. |
| 15We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males. | 15We will agree with you only on this condition: if all your males are circumcised as we are. |
| 16Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We'll settle among you and become one people with you. | 16Then we will give you our daughters, take your daughters for ourselves, live with you, and become one people. |
| 17But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we'll take our sister and go." | 17But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go." |
| 18Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. | 18Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. |
| 19The young man, who was the most honored of all his father's family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. | 19The young man did not delay doing this, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most important in all his father's family. |
| 20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city. | 20So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city. |
| 21"These men are friendly toward us," they said. "Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours. | 21"These men are peaceful toward us," they said. "Let them live in our land and move about in it, for indeed, the region is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as our wives and give our daughters to them. |
| 22But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are. | 22But the men will agree to live with us and be one people only on this condition: if all our men are circumcised as they are. |
| 23Won't their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us." | 23Won't their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live with us." |
| 24All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised. | 24All the men who had come to the city gates listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all those men were circumcised. |
| 25Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male. | 25On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male. |
| 26They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left. | 26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went away. |
| 27The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled. | 27Jacob's sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled. |
| 28They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields. | 28They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. |
| 29They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses. | 29They captured all their possessions, dependents, and wives and plundered everything in the houses. |
| 30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed." | 30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed." |
| 31But they replied, "Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?" | 31But they answered, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?" |
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