Genesis 34 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Simeon and Levi Deceive Shechem

Now Dinah^H1783 the daughter^H1323 of Leah^H3812, whom^H834 she had borne^H3205 to Jacob^H3290, went^H3318 out^H3318 to see^H7200 the daughters^H1323 of the land^H776.

Gen 34:2

Gen 34:2Then Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her and took her and lay with her and violated her.

Gen 34:3

Gen 34:3 [fn]And he was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke to the heart of the young woman.

Gen 34:4

Gen 34:4So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

Gen 34:5

Gen 34:5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in.

Gen 34:6

Gen 34:6Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.

Gen 34:7

Gen 34:7Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a [fn]disgraceful thing in Israel [fn]by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

Gen 34:8

But Hamor^H2544 spoke^H1696 with them, saying^H559, “The soul^H5315 of my son^H1121 Shechem^H7927 longs^H2836 for your daughter^H1323; please^H4994 give^H5414 her to him as a wife^H802.

Gen 34:9

Gen 34:9“And intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

Gen 34:10

Gen 34:10“Thus you shall [fn]live with us, and the land shall be open before you; [fn]live and trade in it and take possession of property in it.”

Gen 34:11

Gen 34:11And Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “If I find favor in your sight, then I will give whatever you say to me.

Gen 34:12

Gen 34:12“Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl as a wife.”

Gen 34:13

But Jacob’s^H3290 sons^H1121 answered^H6030 Shechem^H7927 and his father^H1 Hamor^H2544 with deceit^H4820, and thus they spoke^H1696, because^H834 he had defiled^H2930 Dinah^H1783 their sister^H269.

Gen 34:14

Gen 34:14And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.

Gen 34:15

Gen 34:15“Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male among you be circumcised,

Gen 34:16

Gen 34:16then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will [fn]live with you and become one people.

Gen 34:17

Gen 34:17“But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.”

Gen 34:18

Now their words^H1697 seemed^H3190 good^H3190 in the sight^H5869 of Hamor^H2544 and Shechem^H7927, Hamor’s^H2544 son^H1121.

Gen 34:19

Gen 34:19So the young man did not delay to do the thing because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was more honored than all the household of his father.

Gen 34:20

Gen 34:20So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

Gen 34:21

Gen 34:21“These men are peaceful with us; therefore let them [fn]live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is [fn]large enough for them. Let us take their daughters for us as wives and give our daughters to them.

Gen 34:22

Gen 34:22“Only on this condition will the men consent to us to [fn]live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.

Gen 34:23

Gen 34:23“Will not their livestock and what they acquire and all their cattle be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will [fn]live with us.”

Gen 34:24

Gen 34:24And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

Gen 34:25

Now it happened^H1961 on the third^H7992 day^H3117, when they were^H3510 in^H3510 pain^H3510, that two^H8147 of Jacob’s^H3290 sons^H1121, Simeon^H8095 and Levi^H3878, Dinah’s^H1783 brothers^H251, each^H376 took^H3947 his sword^H2719 and came^H935 upon the unsuspecting^H983 city^H5892 and killed^H2026 every^H3605 male^H2145.

Gen 34:26

Gen 34:26And they killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and went away.

Gen 34:27

Gen 34:27Jacob’s sons came upon the slain and plundered the city because they had defiled their sister.

Gen 34:28

Gen 34:28They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys and that which was in the city and that which was in the field;

Gen 34:29

Gen 34:29and they captured and plundered all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even all that was in the houses.

Gen 34:30

Gen 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and [fn]my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my household.”

Gen 34:31

Gen 34:31But they said, “Should he [fn]treat our sister as a harlot?”