Genesis 34

34 ¹ Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the young women of the land. ² And Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her. He seized her, slept with her, and violated her. ³ But his heart clung to Dinah, daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. ⁴ So Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get me this girl as a wife."

⁵ Now Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but his sons were in the field with his livestock, so Jacob kept silent until they came. ⁶ Then Hamor, Shechem's father, went out to Jacob to speak with him. ⁷ Just then Jacob's sons came in from the field. When they heard, the men were grieved and burned with anger, for Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping with Jacob's daughter — a thing that must not be done. ⁸ But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "My son Shechem's heart is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife." ⁹ Intermarry with us — give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. ¹⁰ You will live with us, and the land is open to you. Settle, trade, and acquire property here.

¹¹ Shechem also said to her father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give." ¹² Set the bride-price and gift as high as you wish, and I will give whatever you ask. Only give me the young woman as my wife.

¹³ But Jacob's sons replied to Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah. ¹⁴ They said to them, "We cannot do this thing — give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us." ¹⁵ We will agree only on this condition: that you become like us, with every male among you circumcised. ¹⁶ Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters for ourselves; we will live with you and become one people. ¹⁷ But if you will not listen and be circumcised, we will take our daughter and leave.

¹⁸ Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem. ¹⁹ The young man wasted no time doing this, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter. And he was the most honored man in his father's household. ²⁰ So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, ²¹ "These men are peaceful with us. Let them dwell in the land and trade in it; the land is large enough for them. We will take their daughters as wives for ourselves and give our daughters to them." ²² "Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us as one people: that every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised." ²³ "Will not their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."

²⁴ All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised — all who went out of the gate of his city. ²⁵ On the third day, while they were in pain, two of Jacob's sons — Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers — each took his sword and came against the unsuspecting city, killing every male. ²⁶ They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and left. ²⁷ Jacob's sons came upon the slain and plundered the city, because the men there had defiled their sister. ²⁸ They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and everything in the city and in the field. ²⁹ They carried off all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives as captives — looting everything that was in the houses. ³⁰ Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me, making me a stench among the inhabitants of the land — the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My men are few in number; if they gather against me and attack me, I will be destroyed, I and my household."

³¹ But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"