Dinah and the Shechemites

34 Now Dinah,^(A) the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.

³ His heart was drawn to Dinah^(A) daughter of Jacob;^(B) he loved^(C) the young woman and spoke tenderly^(D) to her.

⁵ When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled,^(A) 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.^{(B) 7} Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked^(C) and furious,^(D) because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in^[a] Israel^(E) by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.^(F)

¹³ Because their sister Dinah had been defiled,^(A) Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully^(B) as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

¹⁹ The young man, who was the most honored^(A) of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.^(B)

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)

²⁷ The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city^(A) where^[a] their sister had been defiled.^(B)

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