17. But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.”
18. Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
19. The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
20. Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
21. “These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. 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.
22. Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
23. Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”
24. All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
25. On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.