Genesis 34

34 ¹Dinah, the daughter Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see the young women of the land. ²Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, seized her, lay with her, and abused her. ³His heart clung to Dinah, daughter of Jacob—he loved the girl and spoke to her heart. ⁴So Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as a wife."

⁵Jacob heard that Shechem had made his daughter Dinah unclean, but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob said nothing until they came. ⁶Then Hamor, Shechem's father, went out to Jacob to speak with him. ⁷Jacob's sons came in from the field. When they heard, the men were deeply pained and furious—for Shechem had done a disgraceful thing in Israel, sleeping with Jacob's daughter, a thing not to be done. ⁸Hamor spoke with them: "My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as wife. ⁹Intermarry with us—give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. ¹⁰Live with us; the land lies open to you—settle, trade, and acquire property in it."

¹¹Shechem said to her father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes; whatever you say to me, I will give. ¹²Ask me any bride-price and gift, however great—I'll pay it. Just give me the girl as my wife."

¹³Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor dishonestly, because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah. ¹⁴They said to them, "We can't do this—give our sister to an uncircumcised man; that would disgrace us. ¹⁵We agree to this alone: if you become like us, every male of you circumcised. ¹⁶We'll give you our daughters and take yours for ourselves; we'll live with you and become one people. ¹⁷But if you will not listen and be circumcised, we will take our daughter and leave."

¹⁸Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem. ¹⁹The young man didn't delay, since he delighted in Jacob's daughter—he was the most honored in his father's house. ²⁰Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city: ²¹"These men are peaceful with us. Let them live in the land and trade in it—the land is wide enough for them. We'll take their daughters as wives and give them ours. ²²Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us as one people: that every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. ²³Won't their livestock, property, and all their animals be ours? Just let us agree with them, and they'll live with us."

²⁴All who went out through his city's gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised—all who went out through his city's gate. ²⁵On the third day, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came against the unsuspecting city, and killed every male. ²⁶They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left. ²⁷Jacob's sons came upon the slain and plundered the city, because the men there had defiled their sister. ²⁸They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and everything in the city and in the field. ²⁹They took all their wealth, all their children, and their wives captive, plundering everything in the houses. ³⁰Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You've brought trouble on me—making me stink to those living here, the Canaanites and Perizzites. My men are few; if they band together against me, they'll attack, and I'll be destroyed, I and my household."

³¹But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"