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The Dinah Incident
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
Revenge against Shechem
One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area.
One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area.
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.
But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
But then he fell in love with her, and he tried to win her affection with tender words.
So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”
He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”
Soon Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter, Dinah. But since his sons were out in the fields herding his livestock, he said nothing until they returned.
Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
Hamor, Shechem’s father, came to discuss the matter with Jacob.
And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.
But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her.
And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves.
In fact, let’s arrange other marriages, too. You give us your daughters for our sons, and we will give you our daughters for your sons.
So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it.”
And you may live among us; the land is open to you! Settle here and trade with us. And feel free to buy property in the area.”
Then Shechem said to her father and her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.
Then Shechem himself spoke to Dinah’s father and brothers. “Please be kind to me, and let me marry her,” he begged. “I will give you whatever you ask.
No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will gladly pay it — just give me the girl as my wife.”
But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
But since Shechem had defiled their sister, Dinah, Jacob’s sons responded deceitfully to Shechem and his father, Hamor.
And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.
They said to them, “We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you!
But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is circumcised,
But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are,
then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us; and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
then we will give you our daughters, and we’ll take your daughters for ourselves. We will live among you and become one people.
But if you will not heed us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and be gone.”
But if you don’t agree to be circumcised, we will take her and be on our way.”
And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to their proposal.
So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.
Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob’s daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family,
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:
and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.
“These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it. For indeed the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters.
“These men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours.
Only on this condition will the men consent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.
But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.
Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”
But if we do this, all their livestock and possessions will eventually be ours. Come, let’s agree to their terms and let them settle here among us.”
And all who went out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son; every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
So all the men in the town council agreed with Hamor and Shechem, and every male in the town was circumcised.
Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.
But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there,
And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out.
including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp.
The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.
Meanwhile, the rest of Jacob’s sons arrived. Finding the men slaughtered, they plundered the town because their sister had been defiled there.
They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field,
They seized all the flocks and herds and donkeys — everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the town and outside in the fields.
and all their wealth. All their little ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that was in the houses.
They looted all their wealth and plundered their houses. They also took all their little children and wives and led them away as captives.
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”
Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land — among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”