And Dinah the daughter of Leah whom she bare to Jakob, went forth to see the manners of the daughters of the people of the land.

And Shekem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, and took her by force, and lay with her and afflicted her.

And his soul delighted in Dinah the daughter of Jakob; and he loved the girl, and spake kindly to the heart of the girl.

And Shekem spake to Hamor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.

But Jakob had heard that he had polluted Dinah his daughter, And his sons were with the flocks in the field, and Jakob was silent until they came.

And Hamor the father of Shekem came forth to Jakob to speak with him.

And the sons of Jakob had come up from the field when they heard. And the men were indignant, and very violently moved, because Shekem had wrought dishonour in Israel in lying with the daughter of Jakob; for so it was not right to have been done.

And Hamor spake with them, saying, The soul of Shekem my son delighteth in your daughter: give her, I pray, to him to wife;

and conjoin yourselves by marriage with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you;

and dwell with us, and the land shall be before you, to dwell where you please and do business in it and possess it.

And Shekem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find grace in your sight, and what you shall tell me I will give.

Multiply upon me greatly dowry and gift, and I will give as you shall tell me; only give me the damsel to wife.

But the sons of Jakob answered Shekem. and Hamor his father with subtilty, and so spake, because he had polluted Dinah their sister,

and said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, because that would be a disgrace to us.

But in this we will accede to you, if you will be as we are by circumcising every male.

And we will give our daughters to you, and will take your daughters to us, and dwell with you, and be one people.

But if you will not hearken to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter by force and will go.

And their words were pleasing in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shekem, the son of Hamor.

And the young man delayed not to do the thing; because he wished for the daughter of Jakob; and he was more honourable than all his father's house.

And Hamor and Shekem his son came to the gate of their city, and spake with the men of the gate of their city, saying,

These men are friendly with us; and they may dwell in the land and do business in it; and the land, behold, it is broad (in) limits before them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and give our daughters to them.

But in this only will the men accede to us, to dwell with us, and to be one people, by every male of us being circumcised as they are.

Their flocks, and their substance, and all their cattle, will they not be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

And all they who came out of the gate of his city received from Hamor and from Shekem, his son; and they circumcised every male, all who came out of the gate of the city.

And it was on the third day, when they were weak from the pain of their circumcision, two of the sons of Jakob, Shimeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, took each man his sword, and came upon the city, which was dwelling securely and killed every male.

And Hamor and Shekem his son they killed with the edge of the sword; and they took Dinah from the house of Shekem, and went forth.

And the rest of the sons of Jakob came to the spoil of the slain, and they sacked the city because they had polluted their sister in the midst of it.

Their flocks, and oxen, and asses, and whatever was in the city or in the field they spoiled;

and all their wealth and all their little ones they took and spoiled, and all that was in the houses.

And Jakob said to Shimeon and Levi, You have made my name to go forth as evil among the inhabitants of the land, among the Kenaanites and Phezerites. And I am a people of (small) number, and they will gather together against me, and destroy me and the men of my house.

And Shimeon and Levi answered, It would not have been fit to be said in the congregations of Israel that the uncircumcised polluted the virgin, and the worshippers of idols debased the daughter of Jakob: but it is fit that it should be said, The uncircumcised were slain on account of the virgin, and the worshippers of idols on account of the daughter of Jakob. Shekem bar Hamor will not (now) deride us with his words; for as a whorish woman and an outcast who hath no avenger would he have made our sister, if we had not done this thing.