The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 34

Gen 34:1 And Dinah [01783] the daughter [01323] of Leah [03812], which she bare [03205] (8804) unto Jacob [03290], went out [03318] (8799) to see [07200] (8800) the daughters [01323] of the land [0776].
Gen 34:2 And when Shechem [07927] the son [01121] of Hamor [02544] the Hivite [02340], prince [05387] of the country [0776], saw [07200] (8799) her, he took [03947] (8799) her, and lay [07901] (8799) with her, and defiled her [06031] (8762).
Gen 34:3 And his soul [05315] clave [01692] (8799) unto Dinah [01783] the daughter [01323] of Jacob [03290], and he loved [0157] (8799) the damsel [05291], and spake [01696] (8762) kindly [03820] unto the damsel [05291].
Gen 34:4 And Shechem [07927] spake [0559] (8799) unto his father [01] Hamor [02544], saying [0559] (8800), Get [03947] (8798) me this damsel [03207] to wife [0802].
Gen 34:5 And Jacob [03290] heard [08085] (8804) that he had defiled [02930] (8765) Dinah [01783] his daughter [01323]: now his sons [01121] were with his cattle [04735] in the field [07704]: and Jacob [03290] held his peace [02790] (8689) until they were come [0935] (8800).
Gen 34:6 And Hamor [02544] the father [01] of Shechem [07927] went out [03318] (8799) unto Jacob [03290] to commune [01696] (8763) with [0854] him.
Gen 34:7 And the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290] came [0935] (8804) out of the field [07704] when they heard [08085] (8800) [it]: and the men [0582] were grieved [06087] (8691), and they were very [03966] wroth [02734] (8799), because he had wrought [06213] (8804) folly [05039] in Israel [03478] in lying [07901] (8800) with Jacob's [03290] daughter [01323]; which thing ought not to be done [06213] (8735).
Gen 34:8 And Hamor [02544] communed [01696] (8762) with them, saying [0559] (8800), The soul [05315] of my son [01121] Shechem [07927] longeth [02836] (8804) for your daughter [01323]: I pray you give [05414] (8798) her him to wife [0802].
Gen 34:9 And make ye marriages [02859] (8690) with us, and give [05414] (8799) your daughters [01323] unto us, and take [03947] (8799) our daughters [01323] unto you.
Gen 34:10 And ye shall dwell [03427] (8799) with us: and the land [0776] shall be [01961] (8799) before you [06440]; dwell [03427] (8798) and trade [05503] (8804) ye therein, and get you possessions [0270] (8734) therein.
Gen 34:11 And Shechem [07927] said [0559] (8799) unto her father [01] and unto her brethren [0251], Let me find [04672] (8799) grace [02580] in your eyes [05869], and what ye shall say [0559] (8799) unto me I will give [05414] (8799).
Gen 34:12 Ask [07235] (8685) me never so much [03966] dowry [04119] and gift [04976], and I will give [05414] (8799) according as ye shall say [0559] (8799) unto me: but give [05414] (8798) me the damsel [05291] to wife [0802].
Gen 34:13 And the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290] answered [06030] (8799) Shechem [07927] and Hamor [02544] his father [01] deceitfully [04820], and said [01696] (8762), because he had defiled [02930] (8765) Dinah [01783] their sister [0269]:
Gen 34:14 And they said [0559] (8799) unto them, We cannot [03808] [03201] (8799) do [06213] (8800) this thing [01697], to give [05414] (8800) our sister [0269] to one [0376] that is uncircumcised [06190]; for that were a reproach [02781] unto us:
Gen 34:15 But in this [02063] will we consent [0225] (8735) unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male [02145] of you be circumcised [04135] (8736);
Gen 34:16 Then will we give [05414] (8804) our daughters [01323] unto you, and we will take [03947] (8799) your daughters [01323] to us, and we will dwell [03427] (8804) with you, and we will become one [0259] people [05971].
Gen 34:17 But if ye will not hearken [08085] (8799) unto us, to be circumcised [04135] (8736); then will we take [03947] (8804) our daughter [01323], and we will be gone [01980] (8804).
Gen 34:18 And their words [01697] pleased [03190] (8799) [05869] Hamor [02544], and Shechem [07927] Hamor's [02544] son [01121].
Gen 34:19 And the young man [05288] deferred [0309] (8765) not to do [06213] (8800) the thing [01697], because he had delight [02654] (8804) in Jacob's [03290] daughter [01323]: and he was more honourable [03513] (8737) than all the house [01004] of his father [01].
Gen 34:20 And Hamor [02544] and Shechem [07927] his son [01121] came [0935] (8799) unto the gate [08179] of their city [05892], and communed [01696] (8762) with the men [0582] of their city [05892], saying [0559] (8800),
Gen 34:21 These men [0582] are peaceable [08003] with [0854] us; therefore let them dwell [03427] (8799) in the land [0776], and trade [05503] (8799) therein; for the land [0776], behold, it is large [07342] enough [03027] for them [06440]; let us take [03947] (8799) their daughters [01323] to us for wives [0802], and let us give [05414] (8799) them our daughters [01323].
Gen 34:22 Only herein [02063] will the men [0582] consent [0225] (8735) unto us for to dwell [03427] (8800) with us, to be one [0259] people [05971], if every male [02145] among us be circumcised [04135] (8736), as they are circumcised [04135] (8737).
Gen 34:23 [Shall] not their cattle [04735] and their substance [07075] and every beast [0929] of theirs [be] ours? only let us consent [0225] (8735) unto them, and they will dwell [03427] (8799) with us.
Gen 34:24 And unto Hamor [02544] and unto Shechem [07927] his son [01121] hearkened [08085] (8799) all that went out [03318] (8802) of the gate [08179] of his city [05892]; and every male [02145] was circumcised [04135] (8735), all that went out [03318] (8802) of the gate [08179] of his city [05892].
Gen 34:25 And it came to pass on the third [07992] day [03117], when they were sore [03510] (8802), that two [08147] of the sons [01121] of Jacob [03290], Simeon [08095] and Levi [03878], Dinah's [01783] brethren [0251], took [03947] (8799) each man [0376] his sword [02719], and came [0935] (8799) upon the city [05892] boldly [0983], and slew [02026] (8799) all the males [02145].
Gen 34:26 And they slew [02026] (8804) Hamor [02544] and Shechem [07927] his son [01121] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and took [03947] [00] Dinah [01783] out [03947] (8799) of Shechem's [07927] house [01004], and went out [03318] (8799).
Gen 34:27 The sons [01121] of Jacob [03290] came [0935] (8804) upon the slain [02491], and spoiled [0962] (8799) the city [05892], because they had defiled [02930] (8765) their sister [0269].
Gen 34:28 They took [03947] (8804) their sheep [06629], and their oxen [01241], and their asses [02543], and that which was in the city [05892], and that which was in the field [07704],
Gen 34:29 And all their wealth [02428], and all their little ones [02945], and their wives [0802] took they captive [07617] (8804), and spoiled [0962] (8799) even all that was in the house [01004].
Gen 34:30 And Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799) to Simeon [08095] and Levi [03878], Ye have troubled [05916] (8804) me to make me to stink [0887] (8687) among the inhabitants [03427] (8802) of the land [0776], among the Canaanites [03669] and the Perizzites [06522]: and I [being] few [04962] in number [04557], they shall gather themselves together [0622] (8738) against me, and slay me [05221] (8689); and I shall be destroyed [08045] (8738), I and my house [01004].
Gen 34:31 And they said [0559] (8799), Should he deal [06213] (8799) with our sister [0269] as with an harlot [02181] (8802)?

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