Genesis 34:16-26

1. 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.

2. 17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

3. 18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

4. 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.

5. 20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

6. 21 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.

7. 22 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.

8. 23 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.

9. 24 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.

10. 25 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.

11. 26 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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