Genesis 34:11-20
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11 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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12 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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13 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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14 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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15 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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16 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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17 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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18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
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19 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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20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,