MattCarlton_en_ust_gen_book/gen/34.json

{
  "1": "Then {one day} Dinah, {who was} the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went out to visit with {some of} the local women. ",
  "2": "The chief of that region was a Hivite named Hamor. His son Shechem saw {how beautiful} Dinah was, so he grabbed {hold of} her and raped her. ",
  "3": "Shechem admired Jacob’s daughter Dinah so much that he fell in love with her and spoke sweetly to her {to try to woo her}.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "4": "Then Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Negotiate {things} for me so that I can marry this girl.”\n\n\\p",
  "5": "When Jacob found out that Shechem had dishonored his daughter Dinah, his sons were {still} {out} in the fields taking care of his animals, so he didn’t say anything {about it} until they returned {home}.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "6": "Meanwhile, {Shechem and} his father Hamor went to talk to Jacob. ",
  "7": "Soon Jacob’s sons returned {home} from the fields. When they heard {what had happened}, they were shocked and extremely angry that Shechem had dishonored {the people of} Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter. No one should ever do such a {horrible} thing!\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "8": "But Hamor urged Jacob and his sons, “My son Shechem deeply loves your daughter {and sister}. {So} please allow him to marry her. ",
  "9": "{In fact,} let’s allow marriage between our two people groups, {so that} your daughters can marry our {young men} and your {young men} can marry our daughters. ",
  "10": "You can live among us. The land is available for you {to choose what you want}; live {in it} {wherever you want}. You can {also} trade {freely} here, and you can buy {your own} {land}.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "11": "Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “{Please} be kind to me {and let me marry her}. Then I will pay {you} whatever you request from me {for her}. ",
  "12": "Set the bride-price and {marriage} gifts {that I must pay} {for her} as high as you want, and I will pay {you} whatever you ask from me. {Just please} give the young woman to me to marry.”\n\n\\p",
  "13": "But since Shechem had dishonored their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons replied to him and his father Hamor in a deceitful way.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "14": "They said to them, “We are not able to do such a thing as let our sister marry a man {like you} who is not circumcised, because that would dishonor our family! ",
  "15": "The only way that we can agree with your proposal {is} if {first} you {and your people} become like us by circumcising all of your males. ",
  "16": "{If you do that,} then we will allow your {young} men to marry our daughters, and {we will allow} your daughters to marry our {young men}. We will {also} live among you {in this land}, so that we become one people group. ",
  "17": "However if you refuse to agree with our requirement that you circumcise {your people}, then we will take our sister and move {somewhere else}.”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "18": "What Jacob’s sons said seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. ",
  "19": "So right away Shechem, who was the most respected member in his family, started to do what they required, because he was thrilled with Jacob’s daughter.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "20": "In fact, he and his father Hamor went {straight} to their city entrance {for a town meeting}, and they told the elders of their city {about Jacob and his sons}, ",
  "21": "“These people are friendly toward us, so {let’s} allow them to live in {our} land and trade {freely} here. After all, there is more than enough space in the land for them {too}. {Besides that,} {then} our {young} men can marry their daughters, and their {young} men can marry our daughters.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "22": "There is just one thing: They will only agree to live among us and become one people group {with us} if we circumcise all our males so that we are like them. ",
  "23": "{But if we do that,} {all} their property, {including} their livestock and all their {other} animals will belong to us! {So} let’s just agree to do what they require so that they will live among us!”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "24": "All {the men} who were leaders of the city agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, so they circumcised every male in the city, including themselves.\n\n\\p",
  "25": "Three days later, when the men of {the city of} Shechem were {all} {still} sore {from being circumcised}, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, {who were} Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the city, with no one opposing them. They killed all the men {there} ",
  "26": "with their swords, including Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they got Dinah from Shechem’s house and left {the city}.\n\n\\ts\\* ",
  "27": "{Next} {all} Jacob’s sons went {into the city} and took everything valuable from the dead bodies and from {the rest of} the city. {They did that,} because {that was where} Shechem had dishonored their sister. ",
  "28": "They plundered whatever was in the city and in the {surrounding} fields, including the people’s flocks {of sheep and goats}, their herds {of cattle} and their donkeys. ",
  "29": "They carried away all the valuable things the people of Shechem had owned, including everything that was in their houses. They also captured their women and children.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "30": "Later Jacob scolded Simeon and Levi {by saying}, “You have brought me {serious} trouble by causing the Canaanites and Perizzites who live in this land to hate us!” I {only} have a few men {to defend us}, so if they {all} join {forces} against us and attack us, they will destroy us and {the rest of} our family!” ",
  "31": "But Simeon and Levi responded, “Shechem should not have treated our sister like a whore!”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\s1 Shechem Rapes Dinah, and Jacob’s Sons Take Revenge\n\\sr 34:1-31\n\\p"
}