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And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob , went out to see the daughters of the land .
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And when Shechem , the son of Hamor the Hivite , the prince of the country , saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
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And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob , and he loved the maiden , and spoke consolingly to the maiden .
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And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor , saying, Take me this girl as wife .
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And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his cattle in the fields , and Jacob said nothing until they came .
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And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob , to speak to him.
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And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard [it]; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought what was disgraceful in Israel , in lying with Jacob 's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.
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And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem 's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife .
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And make marriages with us : give your daughters to us , and take our daughters to you.
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And dwell with us , and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves possessions in it.
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And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren , Let me find favour in your eyes ; and what ye shall say to me I will give .
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Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife .
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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spoke -- because he had defiled Dinah their sister --
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and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach to us .
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But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised ;
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then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us , and we will dwell with you, and be one people.
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But if ye do not hearken to us , to be circumcised , then will we take our daughter and go away.
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And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem , Hamor 's son .
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And the youth did not delay to do this, because he had delight in Jacob 's daughter. And he was honourable above all in the house of his father .
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And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city , and spoke to 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 in it. And the land -- behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their daughters as wives , and give them our daughters .
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But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us , to be one people -- if every male among us be circumcised , just as they are circumcised .
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Their cattle , and their possessions , and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us .
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And all that went out at the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son ; and every male was circumcised -- all that went out at 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 his sword , and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
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And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword ; and took Dinah out of Shechem 's house ; and went out.
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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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Their sheep , and their oxen, and their asses , and what [was] in the city , and what [was] in the field they took;
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and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered them, and all that was in the houses .
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi , Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land -- among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house .
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And they said , Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot ?