1. Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to meet the women of that country.
2. When Shechem the son of the Hivite Hamor and the country’s prince saw her, he took her, slept with her, and humiliated her.
3. He was drawn to Dinah, Jacob’s daughter. He loved the young woman and tried to win her heart.
4. Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Get this girl for me as my wife."
5. Now Jacob heard that Shechem defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with the animals in the countryside, so he decided to keep quiet until they got back.
6. Meanwhile, Hamor, Shechem’s father, went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7. Just then, Jacob’s sons got back from the countryside. When they heard what had happened, they were deeply offended and very angry, because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter. Such things are simply not done.
8. Hamor said to them, "My son Shechem’s heart is set on your daughter. Please let him marry her.
9. Arrange marriages with us: give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.
10. Live with us. The land is available to you: settle down, travel through it, and buy property in it."
11. Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, "If you approve of me, tell me what you want, and I will give it to you.
12. Make the bride price and marriage gifts as large as you like, and I will pay whatever you tell me. Then let me marry the young woman."
13. Jacob’s sons responded deviously to Shechem and his father Hamor because Shechem defiled their sister Dinah.