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Genesis 34 Literal Standard Version
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1 And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she has borne to Jacob, goes out to look on the daughters of the land,
1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, sees her, and takes her, and lies with her, and humbles her;
2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
3 and his soul cleaves to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loves the young person, and speaks to the heart of the young person.
3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
4 And Shechem speaks to his father Hamor, saying, “Take for me this girl for a wife.”
4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
5 And Jacob has heard that he has defiled his daughter Dinah, and his sons were with his livestock in the field, and Jacob kept silent until their coming.
5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.
6 And Hamor, father of Shechem, goes out to Jacob to speak with him;
6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
7 and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he has done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob—and so it is not done.
7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.
8 And Hamor speaks with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul has cleaved to your daughter; please give her to him for a wife,
8 Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
9 and join in marriage with us; you give your daughters to us, and you take our daughters for yourselves,
9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
10 and you dwell with us, and the land is before you; dwell and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.”
10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”
11 And Shechem says to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which you say to me, I give;
11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
12 multiply on me dowry and gift exceedingly, and I give as you say to me, and give to me the young person for a wife.”
12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”
13 And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled their sister Dinah),
13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
14 and say to them, “We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who has a foreskin, for it [is] a reproach to us.
14 and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
15 Only for this we consent to you: if you are as we, to have every male of you circumcised,
15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,
16 then we have given our daughters to you, and we take your daughters for ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;
16 then will we give our daughters to you; and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
17 and if you do not listen to us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.”
17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.”
18 And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s son;
18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
19 and the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he is honorable above all the house of his father.
19 The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
20 And Hamor comes—his son Shechem also—to the gate of their city, and they speak to the men of their city, saying,
20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
21 “These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, behold, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.
21 “These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters.
22 Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;
22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23 their livestock, and their substance, and all their beasts—are they not ours? Only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.”
23 Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”
24 And to Hamor, and to his son Shechem, do all those going out of the gate of his city listen, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.
24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
25 And it comes to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;
25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
26 and Hamor, and his son Shechem, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and go out.
26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
27 Jacob’s sons have come in on the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;
27 Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28 their flock and their herd, and their donkeys, and that which [is] in the city, and that which [is] in the field, have they taken;
28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,
29 and all their wealth, and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that [is] in the house.
29 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.
30 And Jacob says to Simeon and to Levi, “You have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have struck me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.”
30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”
31 And they say, “Does he make our sister as a harlot?”
31 They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”
People & places in this chapter
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People
Dinah
The one named daughter of Jacob, at the center of a grievous episode at Shechem.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:21; 34
Hamor
A Hivite, the prince of the region and father of Shechem, from whose sons Jacob bought the plot where he pitched his tent; he and Shechem agreed to circumcision in order to…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2; Genesis 34:6
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Levi
A son of Leah whose tribe was set apart for the service of God.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:34; 34; Exodus 6:16–20
Shechem
Hamor's son, who seized Dinah, then asked to marry her, agreed to be circumcised, and was killed with his father by Simeon and Levi.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 34:2; Genesis 34:4; Genesis 34:18–19
Simeon
A son of Leah whose fierce anger drew his father's rebuke.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:33; 34; 49:5–7
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 30:21; Jeremiah 2:36; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 46:15; Genesis 26:34
- 2 Matthew 5:28; Job 31:1; Judges 14:1; Proverbs 13:20; Job 31:9
- 3 Hosea 2:14; Isaiah 40:2; 2 Chronicles 30:22; Ruth 1:14; 2 Samuel 19:7
- 4 Judges 14:2; Genesis 21:21; 2 Samuel 13:13
- 5 2 Samuel 13:22; 1 Samuel 17:15; Genesis 37:13–14; Luke 15:29; Luke 15:25
- 7 Joshua 7:15; Judges 20:6; Deuteronomy 22:21; Genesis 20:9; Hebrews 13:4
- 8 Psalm 119:20; 1 Kings 11:2; Psalm 63:1; Genesis 34:3; Psalm 84:2
- 9 Deuteronomy 7:3; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 6:2; Genesis 26:34–35; Genesis 19:14
- 10 Genesis 47:27; Genesis 13:9; Genesis 42:34; Genesis 20:15; Genesis 34:21–23
- 11 Genesis 33:15; Genesis 18:3
- 12 Exodus 22:16–17; Genesis 24:53; Deuteronomy 22:28–29; 1 Samuel 18:25–27; Genesis 31:41
- 13 Genesis 25:27–34; Judges 15:3; Romans 12:19; Matthew 28:13; Proverbs 26:24–26
- 14 1 Samuel 17:36; 2 Samuel 1:20; Joshua 5:2–9; Matthew 2:8; 2 Samuel 15:7
- 15 Galatians 4:12
- 19 Numbers 22:15; Acts 13:50; Acts 17:12; Song of Songs 8:6; Isaiah 62:4
- 20 Ruth 4:1; Genesis 22:17; Amos 5:10; Proverbs 31:23; Deuteronomy 17:5
- 23 Proverbs 1:12–13; Acts 19:24–26; 1 Timothy 6:6–10; John 2:16; Proverbs 28:20
- 24 Genesis 23:10; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Isaiah 1:10–16; Genesis 23:18; Romans 2:28–29
- 25 Genesis 49:5–7; Genesis 29:33–34; 2 Chronicles 32:25; Numbers 31:17; Proverbs 6:34–35
- 26 Isaiah 31:8; Deuteronomy 32:42; 2 Samuel 2:26
- 27 Esther 9:16; Joshua 7:1; Genesis 34:2; Joshua 7:13; Genesis 34:31
- 28 Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Job 20:5; Job 1:15–16; Numbers 31:17
- 30 1 Samuel 13:4; Psalm 105:12; Exodus 5:21; Joshua 7:25; Genesis 28:13–14
- 31 Proverbs 6:34; Genesis 34:13; Genesis 49:7
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