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And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob , went out to see the daughters of the land .
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And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite , the prince of the land , saw her; And he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
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And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob , and he loved the damsel , and spake kindly unto the damsel .
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And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor , saying, Get me this damsel to wife .
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Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Jacob held his peace until they came .
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And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
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And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob 's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
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And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you, give her unto him to wife .
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And make ye marriages with us ; give your daughters unto us , and take our daughters unto you.
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And ye shall dwell with us : and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
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And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren , Let me find favor in your eyes , and what ye shall say unto me I will give .
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Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife .
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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile , and spake , because he had defiled Dinah their sister ,
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and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us .
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Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised ;
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then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us , and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
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But if ye will not hearken unto us , to be circumcised ; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
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And their words pleased Hamor , and Shechem Hamor 's son .
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And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob 's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father .
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And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city , and communed with the men of their city , saying,
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These men are peaceable with us ; therefore let them dwell in the land , and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives , and let us give them our daughters .
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Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us , to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised , as they are circumcised .
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Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us .
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And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city ; and every male was circumcised , all that went out of the gate of his city .
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And it came to pass on the third day , when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob , Simeon and Levi , Dinah's brethren , took each man his sword , and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.
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And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword , and took Dinah out of Shechem 's house , and went forth.
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The sons of Jacob came upon the slain , and plundered the city , because they had defiled their sister .
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They took their flocks and their herds and their asses , and that which was in the city , and that which was in the field ;
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and all their wealth , and all their little ones and their wives , took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house .
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi , Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land , among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house .
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And they said , Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot ?