Genesis 34
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Genesis 34:6-17

6Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

7Jacob’s sons returned from the field when they heard about the incident. They were deeply grieved and very angry, for Shechem had committed an outrage against Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter, and such a thing should not be done.

8Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

9Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10Live with us. The land is before you. Settle here, move about, and acquire property in it.”

11Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I’ll give you whatever you say.

12Demand of me a high compensation and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Just give the girl to be my wife!”

13But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

14“We cannot do this thing,” they said to them. “Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.

15We will agree with you only on this condition: if all your males are circumcised as we are.

16Then we will give you our daughters, take your daughters for ourselves, live with you, and become one people.

17But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.”

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