²⁵ Three days later, while all of them were still in pain,^(A) two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon^(B) and Levi,^(C) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords^(D) and attacked the unsuspecting city,^(E) killing every male.^{(F) 26} They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword^(G) and took Dinah^(H) from Shechem’s house and left. ²⁷ The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city^(I) where^[a] their sister had been defiled.^{(J) 28} They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys^(K) and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.^{(L) 29} They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children,^(M) taking as plunder^(N) everything in the houses.^(O)

³⁰ Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble^(P) on me by making me obnoxious^(Q) to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land.^(R) We are few in number,^(S) 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?^(T)”

³³ She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved,^(A) he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.^[a](B)

³⁴ Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me,^(C) because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.^[b](D)