The Defilement of Dinah Avenged

341 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah , whom she had borne to Jacob , went out to visit the daughters of the land . 2 When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite , the prince of the land , saw her, he took her and lay with her by force . 3 He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob , and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. 4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor , saying , "Get me this young girl for a wife ." 5 Now 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.

6 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 Now 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 disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter , for such a thing ought not to be done . 8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying , "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter ; please give her to him in marriage . 9 "Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 "Thus you shall live with us, and the land shall be open before you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it." 11 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. 12 "Ask me ever so much e bridal payment and gift , and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage ." 13 But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit , because he had defiled Dinah their sister . 14 They said to them, "We cannot e do this thing , to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised , for that would be a disgrace to us. 15 "Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised , 16 then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people . 17 "But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised , then we will take our daughter and go ."

18 Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem , Hamor's son . 19 The young man did not delay to do the thing , because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter . Now he was more respected than all the household of his father . 20 So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city , saying , 21 "These men are friendly with us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold , the land is large e enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage , and give our daughters to them. 22 "Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people : that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised . 23 "Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us." 24 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 .

25 Now it came about on the third day , when they were in pain , that two of Jacob's sons , Simeon and Levi , Dinah's brothers , each took his sword and came upon the city unawares , and killed every male . 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword , and took Dinah from Shechem's house , and went forth . 27 Jacob's sons came upon the slain and looted the city , because they had defiled their sister . 28 They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys , and that which was in the city and that which was in the field ; 29 and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives , even all that was in the houses . 30 Then 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 my men being few in number , they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed , I and my household ." 31 But they said , "Should he treat our sister as a harlot ?"

Man's Disobedience

31 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made . And he said to the woman , "Indeed e , has God said , 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden '?" 2 The woman said to the serpent , " From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat ; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden , God has said , 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die .' " 4 The serpent said to the woman , "You surely will not die ! 5 "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened , and you will be like God , knowing good and evil ."

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food , and that it was a delight to the eyes , and that the tree was desirable to make one wise , she took from its fruit and ate ; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate . 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened , and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings . 8 They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day , and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden .

9 Then the Lord God called to the man , and said to him, " Where are you?" 10 He said , " I heard the sound of You in the garden , and I was afraid because I was naked ; so I hid myself."

11 And He said , "Who told you that you were naked ? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat ?" 12 The man said , "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree , and I ate ." 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman , "What is this you have done ?" And the woman said , " The serpent deceived me, and I ate ."

14 The Lord God said to the serpent , " Because you have done this , Cursed are you more than all cattle , And more than every beast of the field ; On your belly you will go , And dust you will eat All the days of your life ; 15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman , And between your seed and her seed ; He shall bruise you on the head , And you shall bruise him on the heel ."

16 To the woman He said , "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth , In pain you will bring forth children ; Yet your desire will be for your husband , And he will rule over you."

17 Then to Adam He said , "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife , and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying , 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life . 18 "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field ; 19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread , Till you return to the ground , Because from it you were taken ; For you are dust , And to dust you shall return ."

20 Now the man called his wife's name Eve , because she was the mother of all the living .

21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife , and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said , "Behold , the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil ; and now , he might stretch out his hand , and take also from the tree of life , and eat , and live forever "- 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden , to cultivate the ground from which he was taken . 24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life .