Genesis 34
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Genesis 34:6-17

6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8And Hamor spoke with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her to him for a wife. 9And make ye marriages with us, give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you. 10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye in it, and get you possessions in it. 11And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say to me I will give. 12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me: but give me the damsel for a wife. 13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: 14And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach to us: 15But in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you shall be circumcised; 16Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. 17But if ye will not hearken to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

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