The Treachery of Jacob’s Sons

34 Now ^(A)Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to ^[a]visit the daughters of the land. ² When Shechem the son of Hamor ^(B)the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and raped her. ³ But ^[b]he was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and ^[c]spoke tenderly to her. ⁴ So Shechem ^(C)spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.” ⁵ Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob said nothing until they came in. ⁶ Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. ⁷ Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard about it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a ^[d](D)disgraceful thing in Israel by ^[e]sleeping with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.

²⁵ Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob’s sons—^(A)Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers—each took his sword and came upon the city undetected, and killed every male. ²⁶ They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and left. ²⁷ Jacob’s sons came upon those killed and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister.