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The Treachery of Jacob's Sons
1 Now Dinah R994 the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit F645 the daughters of the land. 2 When Shechem the son of Hamor the R995 Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by F646 force. 3 He F647 was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke F648 tenderly to her. 4 So Shechem spoke R996 to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young girl for a wife." 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in. 6 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a disgraceful R997 F649 thing in Israel by F650 lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in F651 marriage. 9 "Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 "Thus you shall live F652 with us, and the R998 land shall be open before you; live F652 and trade R999 in it and acquire R1000 property in it." 11 Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, "If I find favor in your sight, then I will give whatever you say to me. 12 "Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in F653 marriage."
13 But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister. 14 They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one R1001 who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. 15 "Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised, 16 then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live F654 with you and become one people. 17 "But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go."
18 Now their words seemed reasonable F655 to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. 19 The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father. 20 So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate R1002 of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, 21 "These men are friendly F656 with us; therefore let them live F657 in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large F658 enough for them. Let us take their daughters in F659 marriage, and give our daughters to them. 22 "Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live F660 with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised. 23 "Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live F661 with us." 24 All R1003 who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
25 Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon R1004 and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went forth. 27 Jacob's sons came upon the slain and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister. 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field; 29 and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even all that was in the houses. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought R1005 trouble on me by making R1006 me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the R1007 Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my R1008 F662 men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack F663 me and I will be destroyed, I and my household." 31 But they said, "Should he treat F664 our sister as a harlot?"
FOOTNOTES:
F645: Lit see
F646: Lit and humbled her
F647: Lit His soul clung
F648: Lit spoke to the heart of the girl
F649: Lit senseless
F650: Lit to lie
F651: Lit for a wife
F652: Lit dwell
F652: Lit dwell
F653: Lit for a wife
F654: Lit dwell
F655: Lit good
F656: Lit peaceful
F657: Lit dwell
F658: Lit wide of hands before them
F659: Lit to us for wives
F660: Lit dwell
F661: Lit dwell
F662: Lit I, few in number
F663: Lit smite
F664: Or make
CROSS REFERENCES:
R994: Genesis 30:21
R995: Genesis 34:30
R996: Judges 14:2
R997: Deuteronomy 22:20-30; Judges 20:6; 2 Samuel 13:12
R998: Genesis 13:9; 20:15
R999: Genesis 42:34
R1000: Genesis 47:27
R1001: Genesis 17:14
R1002: Ruth 4:1; 2 Samuel 15:2
R1003: Genesis 23:10
R1004: Genesis 49:5-7
R1005: Joshua 7:25
R1006: Exodus 5:21; 1 Samuel 13:4; 2 Samuel 10:6
R1007: Genesis 13:7; 34:2
R1008: Genesis 46:26,27; Deuteronomy 4:27; 1 Chronicles 16:19; Psalms 105:12
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