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Genesis 34

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

2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.

3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the girl, and spoke tenderly to her.

4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this girl to be my wife."

5 Now Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with his cattle in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.

6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him,

7 just as the sons of Jacob came in from the field. When they heard of it, the men were indignant and very angry, because he had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The heart of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.

9 Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 You shall live with us; and the land shall be open to you; live and trade in it, and get property in it."

11 Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor with you, and whatever you say to me I will give.

12 Put the marriage present and gift as high as you like, and I will give whatever you ask me; only give me the girl to be my wife."

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

14 They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

15 Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised.

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

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

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

19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family.

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

21 "These people are friendly with us; let them live in the land and trade in it, for the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters.

22 Only on this condition will they agree to live among us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.

23 Will not their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will live among us."

24 And all who went out of the city gate heeded Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

25 On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came against the city unawares, and killed all the males.

26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

27 And the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.

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

29 All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey.

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household."

31 But they said, "Should our sister be treated like a whore?"

The Message Bible MSG

1 One day Dinah, the daughter Leah had given Jacob, went to visit some of the women in that country.

2 Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was chieftain there, saw her and raped her.

3 Then he felt a strong attraction to Dinah, Jacob's daughter, fell in love with her and wooed her.

4 Shechem went to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl for my wife."

5 Jacob heard that Shechem had raped his daughter Dinah, but his sons were out in the fields with the livestock so he didn't say anything until they got home.

6 Hamor, Shechem's father, went to Jacob to work out marriage arrangements.

7 Meanwhile Jacob's sons on their way back from the fields heard what had happened. They were outraged, explosive with anger. Shechem's rape of Jacob's daughter was intolerable in Israel and not to be put up with.

8 Hamor spoke with Jacob and his sons, "My son Shechem is head over heels in love with your daughter - give her to him as his wife.

9 Intermarry with us. Give your daughters to us and we'll give our daughters to you.

10 Live together with us as one family. Settle down among us and make yourselves at home. Prosper among us."

11 Shechem then spoke for himself, addressing Dinah's father and brothers: "Please, say yes. I'll pay anything.

12 Set the bridal price as high as you will - the sky's the limit! Only give me this girl for my wife."

13 Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father with cunning. Their sister, after all, had been raped.

14 They said, "This is impossible. We could never give our sister to a man who was uncircumcised. Why, we'd be disgraced.

15 The only condition on which we can talk business is if all your men become circumcised like us.

16 Then we will freely exchange daughters in marriage and make ourselves at home among you and become one big, happy family.

17 But if this is not an acceptable condition, we will take our sister and leave."

18 That seemed fair enough to Hamor and his son Shechem.

19 The young man was so smitten with Jacob's daughter that he proceeded to do what had been asked. He was also the most admired son in his father's family.

20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the public square and spoke to the town council:

21 "These men like us; they are our friends. Let them settle down here and make themselves at home; there's plenty of room in the country for them. And, just think, we can even exchange our daughters in marriage.

22 But these men will only accept our invitation to live with us and become one big family on one condition, that all our males become circumcised just as they themselves are.

23 This is a very good deal for us - these people are very wealthy with great herds of livestock and we're going to get our hands on it. So let's do what they ask and have them settle down with us."

24 Everyone who was anyone in the city agreed with Hamor and his son, Shechem; every male was circumcised.

25 Three days after the circumcision, while all the men were still very sore, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each with his sword in hand, walked into the city as if they owned the place and murdered every man there.

26 They also killed Hamor and his son Shechem, rescued Dinah from Shechem's house, and left.

27 When the rest of Jacob's sons came on the scene of slaughter, they looted the entire city in retaliation for Dinah's rape.

28 Flocks, herds, donkeys, belongings - everything, whether in the city or the fields - they took.

29 And then they took all the wives and children captive and ransacked their homes for anything valuable.

30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You've made my name stink to high heaven among the people here, these Canaanites and Perizzites. If they decided to gang up on us and attack, as few as we are we wouldn't stand a chance; they'd wipe me and my people right off the map."

31 They said, "Nobody is going to treat our sister like a whore and get by with it."