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.
8. And so Hamor spoke to them: "The soul of my son Shechem has become attached to your daughter. Give her to him as a wife.
9. And let us celebrate marriages with one with another. Give us your daughters, and receive our daughters.
10. And live with us. The land is in your power: cultivate, trade, and possess it."
11. And Shechem even said to her father and to her brothers: "May I find favor in your sight, and whatever you will appoint, I will give.
12. Increase the dowry, and request gifts, and I will freely bestow what you will ask. Only give me this girl as a wife."
13. The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister:
14. "We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.
15. But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.
16. Then we will mutually give and receive your daughters as well as ours; and we will live with you, and we will become one people.
17. But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and withdraw."
18. Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
19. Neither did the young man cause any delay; in fact he immediately fulfilled what was requested. For he loved the girl very much, and he was well-known throughout his father's house.