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Genesis - ch 34 v 1 - 20
- And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,
- and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
- and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.
- And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.'
- 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.
- And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;
- 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.
- 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,
- and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,
- and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade `in' it, and have possessions in it.'
- 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;
- 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.'
- And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),
- 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.
- `Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,
- 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;
- and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'
- And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;
- 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.
- 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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