1And in some time after Jacob went away from the borders of the land, and he

2And he bought a parcel of the field which was there, from the children of

3And Jacob there built himself a house, and he pitched his tent there, and

4And Jacob remained in Succoth a year and six months.

5At that time some of the women of the inhabitants of the land went to the

6And Dinah the daughter of Jacob also went along with them and saw the

7And Shechem the son of Hamor, the prince of the land was also standing

8And Shechem beheld Dinah the daughter of Jacob sitting with her mother

9And they said unto him, Surely this is the daughter of Jacob the son of

10And Shechem beheld Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and when he looked at her

11And he sent and had her taken by force, and Dinah came to the house of

12And they came and told the thing unto Jacob, and when Jacob heard that

13And when they came Shechem went out to them with his men and drove them

14And the servants of Jacob came back and told him, saying, When we came, he

15And Jacob knew moreover that Shechem had defiled his daughter, but he said

16And before his sons came home Jacob sent two maidens from his servants'

17And Hamor the son of Chiddekem the Hivite came to the house of Shechem his

18And Shechem said to him, Her only must thou get for me, for she is

19And Hamor went forth to Jacob to commune with him concerning this matter,

20And the men were very much grieved concerning their sister, and they all

21And they came and sat before their father and they spoke unto him kindled

22Surely thou knowest and understandest that the judgment of death is due to

23And whilst they were speaking before their father in this matter, behold

24And Hamor spoke unto them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for

25For our land is very extensive, so dwell ye and trade therein and get

26And Hamor ceased speaking unto Jacob and his sons, and behold Shechem his

27And Shechem spoke before Jacob and his sons, saying, May I find favor in

28Ask me for abundance of dowry and gift, and I will give it, and whatever

29And Simeon and Levi answered Hamor and Shechem his son deceitfully,

30And behold our sister is in your house, but keep away from her until we

31For he knoweth the ways of our father Abraham, and whatever he sayeth unto

32And Simeon and Levi spoke this unto Shechem and his father in order to

33And when Shechem and his father heard the words of Simeon and Levi, it

34And when they had gone, the sons of Jacob said unto their father, saying,

35And also because Shechem did this thing to our sister Dinah in defiling

36Now therefore know and see what you will do, and seek counsel and pretext

37And Simeon said to them, Here is a proper advice for you: tell them to

38And if they consent to do this and will do it, then when they are sunk

39And Simeon's advice pleased them, and Simeon and Levi resolved to do unto

40And on the next morning Shechem and Hamor his father came again unto Jacob

41And the sons of Jacob spoke deceitfully to them, saying, We told our

42But he spoke unto us, saying, Thus did Abraham his father command him from

43Now we have made known to you all our ways that our father spoke unto us,

44But herein will we consent to you, to give you our daughter, and we will

45And if you will not hearken unto us, to have every male circumcised as we

46And Shechem and his father Hamor heard the words of the sons of Jacob, and

47And Shechem and his father Hamor hastened to the gate of the city, and

48We came to these men, the sons of Jacob, and we spoke unto them concerning

49But only on this condition will these men consent to do this thing, that

50And when all the men of the city heard the words of Shechem and his father

51And on the next day, Shechem and Hamor his father rose up early in the

52And they circumcised Shechem and Hamor his father, and the five brothers

Chapter 33

Jacob goes to Shechem. Prince Shechem defiles Dinah the Daughter