Social Responsibility

¹⁶ “If a man seduces a virgin^(A) who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price,^(B) and she shall be his wife.

²⁸ If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered,^{(A) 29} he shall pay her father fifty shekels^[a] of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

² When Shechem^(A) son of Hamor^(B) the Hivite,^(C) the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.^{(D) 3} His heart was drawn to Dinah^(E) daughter of Jacob;^(F) he loved^(G) the young woman and spoke tenderly^(H) to her. ⁴ And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”^(I)