Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom
she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of
the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.
3 His soul was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of
Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to the young woman.
4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me
this young woman as a wife.”
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled
Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were
with his livestock in the filed; so Jacob held his peace until they came.
6 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to
speak with him.
7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they
heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a
disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing which ought
not to be done.
8 But Hamor spoke with them saying, “The soul of my son
Shechem longs for your daughter. Please
five her to him as a wife.
9 “And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us,
and take our daughters to yourselves.
10 “So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before
you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire
possessions for yourselves in it.”
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