Genesis 34:6   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Then Shechem's father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.

Genesis 34:7   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Meanwhile, Jacob's sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping with Jacob's daughter-a thing that should not be done.

Genesis 34:8   (Read all of Genesis 34)

But Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

Genesis 34:10   (Read all of Genesis 34)

You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it."

Genesis 34:11   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.

Genesis 34:13   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob's sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

Genesis 34:14   (Read all of Genesis 34)

They said to them, "We can't do such a thing; we can't give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.

Genesis 34:16   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We'll settle among you and become one people with you.

Genesis 34:17   (Read all of Genesis 34)

But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we'll take our sister and go."

Genesis 34:18   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Genesis 34:19   (Read all of Genesis 34)

The young man, who was the most honored of all his father's family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter.

Genesis 34:20   (Read all of Genesis 34)

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.

Genesis 34:21   (Read all of Genesis 34)

"These men are friendly toward us," they said. "Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.

Genesis 34:23   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Won't their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us."

Genesis 34:24   (Read all of Genesis 34)

All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.

Genesis 34:25   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.

Genesis 34:26   (Read all of Genesis 34)

They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.

Genesis 34:27   (Read all of Genesis 34)

The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.

Genesis 34:28   (Read all of Genesis 34)

They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.

Genesis 34:30   (Read all of Genesis 34)

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed."

Genesis 34:31   (Read all of Genesis 34)

But they replied, "Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?"

Genesis 35:1   (Read all of Genesis 35)

Then God said to Jacob, "Go up to Bethel and settle there, and build an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau."

Genesis 35:2   (Read all of Genesis 35)

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Genesis 35:4   (Read all of Genesis 35)

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had and the rings in their ears, and Jacob buried them under the oak at Shechem.