1. Then Dinah, the daughter of Leah, went out to see the women of that region.
2. And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of that land, had seen her, he fell in love with her. And so he seized her and slept with her, overwhelming the virgin by force.
3. And his soul was closely bound to her, and, since she was sorrowful, he soothed her with flattery.
4. And going on to Hamor, his father, he said, "Obtain this girl for me as a mate."
5. But when Jacob had heard this, since his sons were absent and he was occupied in pasturing the cattle, he remained silent until they came back.
6. Then, when Hamor, the father of Shechem, had gone out to speak to Jacob,
7. behold, his sons arrived from the field. And hearing what had happened, they were very angry, because he had done a filthy thing in Israel and, in violating a daughter of Jacob, had perpetrated an unlawful act.