3. Wasuka wathi ti yiloo ntombi uShekem, wayithanda, wazama ukuzicengezela kuyo.
4. Waxelela uyise ukuba makamthathele yona ibe ngumkakhe.
5. Weva uYakobi ukuba intombi yakhe yonakele. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba babengekho oonyana bakhe, besemadlelweni, akazange enze nto kwada kwabuya bona.
6. Uyise kaShekem uHamore waya kuthetha noYakobi.
7. Kwakuxa kanye babuyayo emadlelweni oonyana bakaYakobi. Bothuka, bakhathazeka kakhulu bakuyiva into embi kangaka eyenziwe nguShekem yokunyelisa amaSirayeli ngokulala nentombi kaYakobi, nto leyo ingenziwayo kwaSirayeli.
8. UHamore wenjenje ebhekisa kuYakobi: “Unyana wam uShekem uyayithanda le ntombi yakho. Ndiyakucela ke, mvumele ayithathe.
9. Masivane thina kwinto yokuba abantu bethu bendiselane.
10. Nawe ke ungema naphi na kulo mhlaba wakowethu, urhwebe nokurhweba kangangoko uthanda, ufuye nempahla.”
11. Uthe ke yena uShekem kuYakobi noonyana bakhe: “Ndikhululeleni le ntombi. Ndiya kuhlawula nantoni na eniyifunayo.
12. Ndixeleleni ikhazi emandilikhuphe, libe likhulu kangangoko nifuna; nixele namabhaso eniwafunayo, ndininike. Nantoni na eniyifunayo ndingayikhupha, ukuba nje niyavuma ndimthathe uDayina.”
13. Ngenxa yokuba uShekem wayeselemhlazisile udade wabo uDayina, oonyana bakaYakobi babaphendula ngelibaqhathayo ooShekem noyise uHamore,
14. benjenje: “Asinakumendisela kumntu ongalukanga udade wethu. Into enjalo ingalihlazo.