Genesis 34

1 Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region.

2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he grabbed her, and raped her, and humiliated her.

3 Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

Then he became very attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman.

4 And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.

Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young woman as my wife."

5 Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob remained silent until they came.

6 Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.

Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

7 Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob's daughter; a thing that should not be done.

8 But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

Hamor talked with them, saying, "The heart of my son Shechem is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

9 And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

Arrange marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live and trade in it, and acquire property in it."

11 And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.

Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you ask of me I will give.

12 However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.

Ask me for a very expensive bride price, and I will pay whatever you ask of me, but give me the young woman as a wife."

13 But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

The sons of Jacob replied deceitfully to Shechem and his father Hamor, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

14 And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

And they said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us.

15 But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

Only on this condition will we agree with you; that you become like us by circumcising all your males;

16 Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.

then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.

17 But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away."

18 And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

19 And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

The young man did not delay to do this thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most important of anyone in his father's house.

20 Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

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

21 It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

"These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them live in the land and travel in it. For look, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives for ourselves, and let us give them our daughters.

22 But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.

Only 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.

23 Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.

Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree with them, so they will settle among us."

24 Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

All who went out of the gate of his city agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

25 But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

It happened on the third day, when they were still in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came into the unsuspecting city and killed all the males.

26 And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

27 And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

Jacob's sons entered over the dead and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

28 They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

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

29 And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the houses.

30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and attack me, and I and my household will be destroyed."

31 But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?

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