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And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
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And the sons
of Jacob came out of the field when they heard
it:
and the men were grieved, and they were very
wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought
not to be done.
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And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth
for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
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And make ye marriages with us,
and
give your
daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
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And ye shall dwell with us: and the land
shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
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And Shechem
said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say
unto me I will give.
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Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall
say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
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And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and
Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
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And they said
unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that
were
a
reproach unto us:
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But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we
be,
that every male
of you be circumcised;
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Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters
to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
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But if ye will not hearken
unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
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And their words
pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
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And the young man deferred not to do the thing,
because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he
was
more honourable than all the house of his
father.
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And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the
men of their city, saying,
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These men
are
peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land,
and trade therein; for the land, behold,
it is
large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us
for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
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Only herein will the men consent unto us for to
dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they
are
circumcised.
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Shall
not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs
be
ours? only let us consent
unto them, and they will dwell with us.
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And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened
all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the
gate of his city.
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And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob,
Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and
slew all the males.
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And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and
took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
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The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and
spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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They took their sheep, and their oxen, and
their asses, and that which
was
in the city, and that which
was
in the field,
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And all their wealth,
and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that
was
in the house.
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And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the
inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I
being
few in number, they
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