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never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.&emsp; And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,&emsp; and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.&emsp; Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;&emsp; then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.&emsp; But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.&emsp; And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was honored above all the house of his father.&emsp; And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,&emsp; These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.&emsp; Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.&emsp; Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.&emsp; And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.&emsp; And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.&emsp; And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.&emsp; The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.&emsp; They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;&emsp; and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and made a prey, even all that was in the house.&emsp; And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.&emsp; And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.&emsp; Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments:&emsp; and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.&emsp; And they gave unto Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hand, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.&emsp; And they journeyed: and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.&emsp; So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el), he and all the people that were with him.&emsp; And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.&emsp; And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth.

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him.&emsp; And Rh