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And Dinah the daughter of Leah, to whom she gave··birth for Jacob, went··out to see the daughters of the land.
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And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the chief of the land, saw her, and took her, and lay with◦ her, and pressured◦ her.
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And his soul stuck to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke upon the heart of the damsel.
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And Shechem said to▵ Hamor his father, saying, Fetch me this girl◦ for a woman.
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And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with◦ his livestock in the field; and Jacob was··silent until they came.
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And Hamor the father of Shechem went··out to▵ Jacob to speak with◦ him.
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And the sons of Jacob came from the field as they heard it, and the men◦ were grieved, and they were· very ·incensed, because◦ he had done folly in Israel, in lying with◦ Jacob’s daughter, and so it should not be done.
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And Hamor spoke with◦ them, saying, Shechem my son, his soul delights▵ in your daughter; give her, I pray◦, to him for a woman.
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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 you shall dwell with◦ us, and the land shall be before you; dwell ye, and range through it trading, and have··possession◦ in it.
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And Shechem said to▵ her father and to▵ her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you say to▵ me I will give.
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Multiply on me exceedingly a dowry and a gift, and I will give as◦ you say to▵ me; and give me the damsel for a woman.
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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
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And they said to▵ them, We are· not ·able do this word, to give our sister to a man◦ that has◦ a foreskin, because◦ this◦ would be a reproach to us.
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Surely in this will we consent to you, if you be as▵ we to circumcise of you every male.
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And we will give our daughters to you, and will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with◦ you, and we will be for one people.
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And if you will not hearken to▵ us to circumcise, then we will take our daughter and go◦.
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And their words were··good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem the son of Hamor.
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And the lad delayed not to do the word, for he delighted in the daughter of Jacob; and he◦ was honored◦ above all 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, and let them◦ dwell in the land, and range through it trading, and behold the land is broad in spaces before them; let us take their daughters to us for women, and let us give our daughters to them.
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Surely in this will the men◦ consent to us to dwell with◦ us, to be for one people, in every male being circumcised of us, as◦ they◦ are circumcised.
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Their livestock, and what they had bought, and all their beast, will they◦ not be ours? Only▵ let us consent to them, and they will dwell with◦ us.
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And they hearkened to▵ Hamor and to▵ Shechem his son, all who went··out of the gate of his city; and they circumcised every male, all who went··out of the gate of his city.
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And it was, on◦ the third day, when they were··in··pain, that the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah, took a man◦ his sword, and came upon the city confidently◦, and killed every male.
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And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son by the mouth of the sword, and took Dinah from the house of Shechem, and went··out.
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The sons of Jacob came upon those who were slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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Their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and what was in the city, and what was in the field, they took;
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and all their belongings, and all their infants, and their women, they took··captive and plundered, and all that was in the house.
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And Jacob said to▵ Simeon and to▵ Levi, You have troubled me, to make me stink among◦ the dweller of the land, among◦ the Canaanite and among◦ the Perizzite; and I◦ am as mortals in number*, and they will be gathered against me, and will smite me, and I shall be blotted··out, I◦ and my house.
