1And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.

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Genesis 30:21, Genesis 30:21, Jeremiah 2:36, Jeremiah 2:36, Genesis 27:46

2And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.

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Job 31:9, Job 31:9, Judges 14:1, Matthew 5:28, Proverbs 13:20

3And his soul was fast knit unto her; and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.

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Hosea 2:14, Isaiah 40:2, Hosea 2:14, Isaiah 40:2, 2 Samuel 19:7

4And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

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Judges 14:2, Judges 14:2, Genesis 21:21, 2 Samuel 13:13, Genesis 21:21

5But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back.

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2 Samuel 13:22, 2 Samuel 13:22, Luke 15:25, 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Samuel 17:15

6And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,

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7Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.

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Joshua 7:15, Judges 20:6, Joshua 7:15, Judges 20:6, Deuteronomy 22:21

8And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

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1 Kings 11:2, 1 Kings 11:2, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 84:2, Genesis 34:3

9And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.

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Deuteronomy 7:3, Deuteronomy 7:3, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 26:34

10And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

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Genesis 42:34, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 47:27, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 42:34

11Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favour in your sight, and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give:

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Genesis 33:15, Genesis 33:15, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:3

12Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

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Exodus 22:16, Exodus 22:17, Exodus 22:16, Exodus 22:17, Deuteronomy 22:28

13The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

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2 Samuel 13:23, 2 Samuel 13:29, Job 13:4, Proverbs 12:13, Proverbs 26:24

14We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; which with us is unlawful and abominable.

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Romans 4:11, Joshua 5:2, Joshua 5:9, Matthew 2:8, Genesis 17:14

15But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

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Galatians 4:12, Galatians 4:12

16Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours; and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:

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17But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.

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18Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem, his son:

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19And the young man made no delay, but forthwith fulfilled what was required: for he loved the damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man in all his father's house.

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1 Chronicles 4:9, 1 Chronicles 4:9, Isaiah 62:4, Genesis 29:20, Isaiah 23:8

20And going into the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:

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Ruth 4:1, Ruth 4:1, Genesis 22:17, 2 Samuel 15:2, Deuteronomy 17:5

21These men are peaceable, and are willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours.

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22One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

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23And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours; only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.

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Proverbs 1:12, Proverbs 1:13, Proverbs 1:12, Proverbs 1:13, 1 Timothy 6:6

24And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

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Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:10, 1 Corinthians 7:19, 1 Corinthians 7:19, Matthew 7:6

25And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest: two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city and slew all the men.

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Genesis 49:5, Genesis 49:7, Genesis 49:5, Genesis 49:7, Genesis 29:33

26And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina out of Sichem's house.

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2 Samuel 2:26, Deuteronomy 32:42, Isaiah 31:8, 2 Samuel 2:26, Deuteronomy 32:42

27And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.

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Exodus 2:14, Genesis 34:31, Joshua 7:21, 1 Timothy 6:10, Genesis 34:2

28And they took their sheep, and their herds, and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in their fields.

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Job 1:15, Job 1:16, Job 20:5, Deuteronomy 8:17, Deuteronomy 8:18

29And their children and wives they took captive.

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30And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house shall be destroyed.

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Psalms 105:12, Joshua 7:25, Exodus 5:21, 1 Samuel 13:4, Psalms 105:12

31They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?

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Proverbs 6:34, Proverbs 6:34, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 34:13, Genesis 49:7