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And they said to them, We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised. For it is a reproach to us.

And Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city. And they spoke with the men of their city, saying,

And it happened on the third day, they being pained, that the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword. And they came on the city in its security, and killed every male.

And they killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword. And they took Dinah from the house of Shechem, and went out.

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

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and whatever was in the city, and whatever was in the field.

And they took all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives, and looted all that was in the house.

And Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among those living in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites. And I being few in number, and they gathering against me, they will strikeme, and I and my house shall be wasted.

And they said, Should he treat our sister like a harlot?

And they gave all the strange gods in their hand to Jacob, and the earrings which were in their ears. And Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem.

And they pulled up stakes . And the terror of God was on the cities all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.

And they pulled up stakes from Bethel. And there was yet a length of land to come to Ephrath. And Rachel bore; and she had hard labor in her bearing.

And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him. And they were not able to speak to him for peace.

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brothers. And they increased to hate him still more.

And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us, or shall you really rule over us? And they hated him still more because of his dreams, and because of his words.

And he said, I am looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are feeding the flock .

And the man said, They have left here, for I heard them say, Let us go towards Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

And they saw him from a distance. And before he came near to them, they plotted against him, to kill him.

And they said, each to his brother, Behold, this master of dreams is coming.

And it happened when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped his robe which was on him, from Joseph, the robe reaching to the soles of his feet.