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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 34 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/34.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/34-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Genesis 34</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/33.htm" title="Genesis 33">◄</a> Genesis 34 <a href="../genesis/35.htm" title="Genesis 35">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/genesis/34.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Revenge against Shechem</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the young women who lived in the area. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But then he fell in love with her, and he tried to win her affection with tender words. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He said to his father, Hamor, “Get me this young girl. I want to marry her.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Soon Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter, Dinah. But since his sons were out in the fields herding his livestock, he said nothing until they returned. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Hamor, Shechem’s father, came to discuss the matter with Jacob. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the field as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious that their sister had been raped. Shechem had done a disgraceful thing against Jacob’s family,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> something that should never be done.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>In fact, let’s arrange other marriages, too. You give us your daughters for our sons, and we will give you our daughters for your sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And you may live among us; the land is open to you! Settle here and trade with us. And feel free to buy property in the area.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then Shechem himself spoke to Dinah’s father and brothers. “Please be kind to me, and let me marry her,” he begged. “I will give you whatever you ask. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will gladly pay it—just give me the girl as my wife.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But since Shechem had defiled their sister, Dinah, Jacob’s sons responded deceitfully to Shechem and his father, Hamor. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They said to them, “We couldn’t possibly allow this, because you’re not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>then we will give you our daughters, and we’ll take your daughters for ourselves. We will live among you and become one people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But if you don’t agree to be circumcised, we will take her and be on our way.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Hamor and his son Shechem agreed to their proposal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Shechem wasted no time in acting on this request, for he wanted Jacob’s daughter desperately. Shechem was a highly respected member of his family, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and he went with his father, Hamor, to present this proposal to the leaders at the town gate.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“These men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>But if we do this, all their livestock and possessions will eventually be ours. Come, let’s agree to their terms and let them settle here among us.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So all the men in the town council agreed with Hamor and Shechem, and every male in the town was circumcised. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But three days later, when their wounds were still sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s full brothers, took their swords and entered the town without opposition. Then they slaughtered every male there, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>including Hamor and his son Shechem. They killed them with their swords, then took Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Meanwhile, the rest of Jacob’s sons arrived. Finding the men slaughtered, they plundered the town because their sister had been defiled there. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>They seized all the flocks and herds and donkeys—everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the town and outside in the fields. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>They looted all their wealth and plundered their houses. They also took all their little children and wives and led them away as captives.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Afterward Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have ruined me! You’ve made me stink among all the people of this land—among all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will join forces and crush us. I will be ruined, and my entire household will be wiped out!”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/34-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“But why should we let him treat our sister like a prostitute?” they retorted angrily.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">34:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">a disgraceful thing in Israel.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of <a href="http://www.tyndale.com">Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.</a>, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. 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