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And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard [it]; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought what was disgraceful in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.

Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, 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 took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and what [was] in the city, and what [was] in the field they took;

and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered them, and all that was in the houses.

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land—among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?

And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods that were in their hand, and the rings that were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the terebinth that [is] by Shechem.

And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

For their property was too great for them to dwell together, and the land where they were sojourners could not bear them, because of their cattle.

And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, and they hated him, and could not greet him with friendliness.

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told [it] to his brethren, and they hated him yet the more.

And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

And he said, I am seeking my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed [their flocks].

And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan.

And when they saw him from afar, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to put him to death.

And they said one to another, Behold, there comes that dreamer!