34:1 NOW DINAH daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out [unattended] to see the girls of the place. |
34:2 And when Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he seized her, lay with her, and humbled, defiled, {and} disgraced her. |
34:3 But his soul longed for {and} clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart's wishes. |
34:4 And Shechem said to his father Hamor, Get me this girl to be my wife. |
34:5 Jacob heard that [Shechem] had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field. So Jacob held his peace until they came. |
34:6 But Hamor father of Shechem went out to Jacob to have a talk with him. |
34:7 When Jacob's sons heard it, they came from the field; and they were distressed and grieved and very angry, for [Shechem] had done a vile thing to Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter, which ought not to be done. |
34:8 And Hamor conferred with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem craves your daughter [and sister]. I beg of you give her to him to be his wife. |
34:9 And make marriages with us and give your daughters to us and take our daughters to you. |
34:10 You shall dwell with us; the country will be open to you; live and trade and get your possessions in it. |
34:11 And Shechem said to [Dinah's] father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask of me. |
34:12 Ask me ever so much dowry and [marriage] gift, and I will give according to what you tell me; only give me the girl to be my wife. |
34:13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, [justifying their intended action by saying, in effect, we are going to do this] because Shechem had defiled {and} disgraced their sister Dinah. |
34:14 They said to them, We cannot do this thing {and} give our sister to one who is not circumcised, for that would be a reproach {and} disgrace to us. |
34:15 But we do consent to do this: if you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised, |
34:16 Then we will give our daughters to you and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you and become one people. |
34:17 But if you will not listen to us and consent to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go. |
34:18 Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem. |
34:19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he delighted in Jacob's daughter. He was honored above all his family [so, ranking first, he acted first]. |
34:20 Then Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their [enclosed] town and discussed the matter with the citizens, saying, |
34:21 These men are peaceable with us; so let them dwell in the land and trade in it; for the land is large enough [for us and] for them; let us take their daughters for wives and let us give them our daughters. |
34:22 But the men will consent to our request that they live among us and be one people only on condition that every male among us be circumcised, as they are. |
34:23 Shall not their cattle and their possessions and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell here with us. |
34:24 And all the people who went out of the town gate listened {and} heeded what Hamor and Shechem said; and every male was circumcised who was a resident of that town. |
34:25 But on the third day [after the circumcision] when [all the men] were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's [full] brothers, took their swords, boldly entered the city [without danger], and slew all the males. |
34:26 And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem's house [where she had been all this time] and departed. |
34:27 [Then the rest of] Jacob's [eleven] sons came upon the slain and plundered the town, because there their sister had been defiled {and} disgraced. |
34:28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the town and in the field; |
34:29 All their wealth and all their little ones and their wives they took captive, making spoil even of all [they found] in the houses. |
34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have ruined me, making me infamous {and} embroiling me with the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! And we are few in number, and they will gather together against me and attack me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my household. |
34:31 And they said, Should he [be permitted to] deal with our sister as with a harlot? |