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1All who went out of the gate of his citylistened to Hamor and to his sonShechem, and everymale was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
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Now it came about on the thirdday, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob'ssons, 2Simeon and Levi, Dinah'sbrothers, eachtook his sword and came upon the cityunawares, and killedeverymale.
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They killedHamor and his sonShechem with the edge of the sword, and tookDinah from Shechem'shouse, and wentforth.
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Jacob'ssonscame upon the slain and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field;
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and they captured and lootedall their wealth and all their littleones and their wives, even all that was in the houses.
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Then Jacobsaid to Simeon and Levi, "You have 3broughttrouble on me by 4making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among 5the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and 6my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household."
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But they said, "Should he treat our sister as a harlot?"