3. And his being clung to Dinah the daughter of Ya‛aqoḇ, and he loved the girl and spoke kindly to the girl.
4. And Sheḵem spoke to his father Ḥamor, saying, “Take this girl for me for a wife.”
5. And Ya‛aqoḇ heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Ya‛aqoḇ kept silent until they came.
6. And Ḥamor, the father of Sheḵem, went out to Ya‛aqoḇ to speak with him.
7. And the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ came in from the field when they heard it. And the men were grieved and very wroth, because he had done a senseless deed in Yisra’ĕl by lying with Ya‛aqoḇ’s daughter, which should not be done.
8. But Ḥamor spoke with them, saying, “My son Sheḵem’s being longs for your daughter. Please give her to him for a wife.
9. “And intermarry with us, give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves,
10. and dwell with us, and let the land be before you. Dwell and move about in it, and have possessions in it.”
11. And Sheḵem said to her father and her brothers, “Let me find favour in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I give.
12. “Ask of me a bride price and gift ever so high, and I give according to what you say to me, but give me the girl for a wife.”
13. But the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ answered Sheḵem and Ḥamor his father, and spoke with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
14. And they said to them, “We are not able to do this matter, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.
15. “Only on this condition would we agree to you: If you become as we are, to have every male of you circumcised,