2 But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.

3 But then he fell in love with her, and he tried to win her affection with tender words.

4 He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”

5 Soon Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter, Dinah. But since his sons were out in the fields herding his livestock, he said nothing until they returned.

6 Hamor, Shechem’s father, came to discuss the matter with Jacob.

7 Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the field as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob’s family, something that should never be done.

Genesis 34:2-7, New Living Translation. Copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation.
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