Genesis 34:4-12

English Standard Version

⁴ So Shechem ^(A)spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl for my wife.”

⁵ Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came. ⁶ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. ⁷ The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and ^(B)very angry, because he ^(C)had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, ^(D)for such a thing must not be done.

⁸ But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your^[a] daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. ⁹ Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. ¹⁰ You shall dwell with us, and ^(E)the land shall be open to you. Dwell and ^(F)trade in it, and ^(G)get property in it.” ¹¹ Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, ^(H)“Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give. ¹² Ask me for as great a ^(I)bride-price^[b] and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.”