Genesis 34:1-11 ▼

1 And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she has borne to Jacob, goes out to look on the daughters of the land,

2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, sees her, and takes her, and lies with her, and humbles her;

3 and his soul cleaves to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loves the young person, and speaks to the heart of the young person.

4 And Shechem speaks to his father Hamor, saying, “Take for me this girl for a wife.”

5 And Jacob has heard that he has defiled his daughter Dinah, and his sons were with his livestock in the field, and Jacob kept silent until their coming.

6 And Hamor, father of Shechem, goes out to Jacob to speak with him;

7 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 has done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob—and so it is not done.

8 And Hamor speaks with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul has cleaved to your daughter; please give her to him for a wife,

9 and join in marriage with us; you give your daughters to us, and you take our daughters for yourselves,

10 and you dwell with us, and the land is before you; dwell and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.”

11 And Shechem says to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which you say to me, I give;