Genesis 34:13-25

New International Version

¹³ Because their sister Dinah had been defiled,^(A) Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully^(B) 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.^(C) That would be a disgrace to us. ¹⁵ We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition^(D) only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.^{(E) 16} Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves.^(F) We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.^{(G) 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^(H) of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.^{(I) 20} So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city^(J) 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;^(K) the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.^{(L) 22} But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised,^(M) as they themselves are. ²³ Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours?^(N) So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.^(O)”

²⁴ All the men who went out of the city gate^(P) 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,^(Q) two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon^(R) and Levi,^(S) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords^(T) and attacked the unsuspecting city,^(U) killing every male.^(V)