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And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob , goeth out to look on the daughters of the land ,
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and Shechem , son of Hamor the Hivite , a prince of the land , seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
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and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob , and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.
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And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father , saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife .'
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And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field , and Jacob kept silent till their coming .
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And Hamor , father of Shechem , goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;
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and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard , and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel , to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.
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And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem , my son , his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife ,
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and join ye in marriage with us ; your daughters ye give to us , and our daughters ye take to yourselves,
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and with us ye dwell , and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.'
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And Shechem saith unto her father , and unto her brethren , `Let me find grace in your eyes , and that which ye say unto me, I give ;
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multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife .'
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And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister ),
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and say unto them, `We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin : for it [is] a reproach to us .
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`Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised ,
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then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;
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and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised , then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'
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And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor , and in the eyes of Shechem , Hamor 's son ;
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and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob 's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father .
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And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city , and they speak unto the men of their city , saying,
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`These men are peaceable with us ; then let them dwell in the land , and trade [in] it; and the land , lo, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives , and our daughters give to them.
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`Only for this do the men consent to us , to dwell with us , to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised , as they are circumcised ;
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their cattle , and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us .'
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And unto Hamor , and unto Shechem his son , hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city , and every male is circumcised , all those going out of the gate of his city .
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And it cometh to pass, on the third day , in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob , Simeon and Levi , Dinah's brethren , take each his sword , and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male ;
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and Hamor , and Shechem his son , they have slain by the mouth of the sword , and they take Dinah out of Shechem 's house , and go out .
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Jacob 's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city , because they had defiled their sister ;
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their flock and their herd , and their asses , and that which [is] in the city , and that which [is] in the field , have they taken;
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and all their wealth , and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that [is] in the house .
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And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi , `Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land , among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house .'