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Now the sons of Jacobcame in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were veryangrybecause he had done a disgracefulthing in Israel by lying with Jacob'sdaughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
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The youngman did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob'sdaughter. Now he was morerespectedthanall the household of his father.
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"Thesemen are friendly with us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large*enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them.
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"Only on this condition will the menconsent to us to live with us, to becomeonepeople: that everymale among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
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All 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, Simeon and Levi, Dinah'sbrothers, eachtook his sword and came upon the cityunawares, and killedeverymale.
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Then Jacobsaid to Simeon and Levi, "You have broughttrouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household."