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1 Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region. 2 When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he grabbed her, and raped her, and humiliated her. 3 Then he became very attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman. 4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, |Get me this young woman as my wife.| 5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob remained silent until they came. 6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob’s daughter; a thing that should not be done. 8 Hamor talked with them, saying, |The heart of my son Shechem is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. 9 Arrange marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live and trade in it, and acquire property in it.| 11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, |Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you ask of me I will give. 12 Ask me for a very expensive bride price, and I will pay whatever you ask of me, but give me the young woman as a wife.| 13 The sons of Jacob replied deceitfully to Shechem and his father Hamor, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 And said to them, |We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us. 15 Only on this condition will we agree with you; that you become like us by circumcising all your males; 16 then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people. 17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away.| Genesis 34:1-17, New Heart English Bible. Public domain.
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