Bereshit 34 בראשית ל״ד

Deenah went out, the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Yaakov, to see [visit] the local girls.

She was seen by Shechem, son of Chamor, the Chivite, who was the prince of the land. He took her, was with her, and mistreated her.

He became deeply attached to Deenah, the daughter of Yaakov, and he loved the girl. He spoke to the girl’s heart.

Shechem spoke to his father Chamor, saying, Take this young girl for me as a wife.

Yaakov heard that he had defiled his daughter, Deenah, [while] his sons were with the livestock in the fields. Yaakov remained silent until they returned.

Chamor, father of Shechem, went out to Yaakov to speak with him.

The sons of Yaakov returned from the field when they heard [what had happened]. The men grieved and were very angry, for he [Shechem] had committed an outrage against Yisrael to lie with a daughter of Yaakov. Such a thing should not be done.

Chamor spoke with them saying, My son, Shechem, desires your daughter. Please grant her to him for a wife.

Intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.

You will [then] live with us and the land will be open to you. Live and trade in it and possess it.

Shechem said to her father and her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes and what ever you say [ask of me], I will give.

Increase greatly the amount I must pay for the bridal dowry and gifts. I will give whatever you say, but give me the girl for a wife.

The sons of Yaakov answered Shechem, and his father Chamor, with guile, when they spoke; because he had defiled their sister, Deenah.

They said to them, We cannot do such a thing—to give our sister [in marriage] to an uncircumcised man, for that is a disgrace to us.

This is the only way we will consent to you: if you will be like us, circumcising all your males.

[Then] we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves. We will live together with you, and we will become one people.

But if you do not listen to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and go.

Their words were agreeable in the eyes of Chamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, the son of Chamor.

The young man did not delay doing the thing, because he desired the daughter of Yaakov. He was the most honored person in his father’s house.

Chamor and his son, Shechem came to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the men of their city saying,

These men are completely at peace with us. Let them live in the land and trade in it. The land has ample room to be open to them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters.

But only on these terms will the men consent to live with us, to become one people: every male among us must be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.

Their livestock, their possessions and all their cattle, will it not be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us.

They listened to Chamor, and to his son, Shechem—all those who passed through the gate of his city. Every male was circumcised—all who passed through the gate of his city.

On the third day when they were in pain, two of Yaakov’s sons, Shimon and Leivi, brothers of Deenah, each took his sword. They approached the city with confidence, and killed every male.

They killed Chamor and his son Shechem at the point of the sword. They took Deenah from the house of Shechem and they left.

The sons of Yaakov came upon the corpses, and they plundered the city that had defiled their sister.

Their sheep, their cattle, their donkeys, whatever was in the city and whatever was in the field—they took.

All their wealth, all their children, and their wives—they took captive, and plundered—including everything in the houses.

Yaakov said to Shimon and Leivi, You have made trouble for me, making me obnoxious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. [Since] I am few in number, they will gather together and attack me. I and my house [family] will be destroyed.

They said, Should he make our sister into a harlot ?