¹⁹ For a hundred pieces of silver,^[a] he bought from the sons of Hamor,^(A) the father of Shechem,^(B) the plot of ground^(C) where he pitched his tent.^(D)

¹⁶ Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.^(A)

⁵ So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.^(A)

³² And Joseph’s bones,^(A) which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt,^(B) were buried at Shechem in the tract of land^(C) that Jacob bought for a hundred pieces of silver^[a] from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. This became the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants.

³⁰ the cave in the field of Machpelah,^(A) near Mamre^(B) in Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field^(C) as a burial place^(D) from Ephron the Hittite. ³¹ There Abraham^(E) and his wife Sarah^(F) were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah^(G) were buried, and there I buried Leah.^{(H) 32} The field and the cave in it were bought from the Hittites.^[a](I)”

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)

⁵ When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled,^(J) his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.

⁶ Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.^{(K) 7} Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked^(L) and furious,^(M) because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in^[a] Israel^(N) by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.^(O)

⁸ But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.^{(P) 9} Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.^{(Q) 10} You can settle among us;^(R) the land is open to you.^(S) Live in it, trade^[b] in it,^(T) and acquire property in it.^(U)”

¹¹ Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes,^(V) and I will give you whatever you ask. ¹² Make the price for the bride^(W) and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”

¹³ Because their sister Dinah had been defiled,^(X) Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully^(Y) as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor. ¹⁴ They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised.^(Z) That would be a disgrace to us. ¹⁵ We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition^(AA) only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.^{(AB) 16} Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves.^(AC) We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.^{(AD) 17} But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”

¹⁸ Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. ¹⁹ The young man, who was the most honored^(AE) of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.^{(AF) 20} So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city^(AG) to speak to the men of their city. ²¹ “These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it;^(AH) the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.^{(AI) 22} But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised,^(AJ) as they themselves are. ²³ Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours?^(AK) So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.^(AL)”

²⁴ All the men who went out of the city gate^(AM) agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.

²⁵ Three days later, while all of them were still in pain,^(AN) two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon^(AO) and Levi,^(AP) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords^(AQ) and attacked the unsuspecting city,^(AR) killing every male.^{(AS) 26} They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword^(AT) and took Dinah^(AU) from Shechem’s house and left. ²⁷ The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city^(AV) where^[c] their sister had been defiled.^{(AW) 28} They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys^(AX) and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.^{(AY) 29} They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children,^(AZ) taking as plunder^(BA) everything in the houses.^(BB)

³⁰ Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble^(BC) on me by making me obnoxious^(BD) to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land.^(BE) We are few in number,^(BF) and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

³¹ But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?^(BG)”

¹⁷ So Ephron’s field in Machpelah^(A) near Mamre^(B)—both the field and the cave in it, and all the trees within the borders of the field—was deeded ¹⁸ to Abraham as his property^(C) in the presence of all the Hittites^(D) who had come to the gate^(E) of the city. ¹⁹ Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah^(F) near Mamre (which is at Hebron^(G)) in the land of Canaan.^{(H) 20} So the field and the cave in it were deeded^(I) to Abraham by the Hittites as a burial site.^(J)