And Dinah, daughter of Leah whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
And Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
And his soul clave unto Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke to the heart of the damsel.
And Shechem spoke unto Hamor his father, saying, Take me this girl to wife.
And 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.
And Hamor father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to talk to him.
And Jacob’s sons came from the field when they heard [it], and the men were grieved, and they were greatly inflamed, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; for so it ought not to be done.
And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem’s soul longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her him to wife.
And make marriages with us, [and] give your daughters to us, and take our daughters unto you.
And ye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get you possessions therein.
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.
Ask of me very much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the damsel to wife.
And Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach unto us.
But only in this will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;
then will we give our daughters unto you, and take your daughters unto us; and we will dwell with you, and be one people.
But if ye hearken not unto us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away.
And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem Hamor’s son.
And the youth deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter; and he [was] honourable above all his father’s house.
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto their city’s gate, and spoke unto the men of their city, saying,
These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein. And the land, behold, [it is] wide on both sides before them. Let us take to us their daughters for wives, and our daughters let us give to them.
Only in this will the men consent unto us, to dwell with us, to be one people, in circumcising among us every male as they [are] circumcised.
Their cattle, and their substance, and every beast of theirs, [shall] they not [be] ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.
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 at the gate of the city.
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took each his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
Jacob’s sons came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field they took;
and all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, they took captive and spoiled, even all that [was] in the house.
And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I [am] few in number, and they will gather themselves together against me, and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
And they said, As with a harlot should he deal with our sister?