4. He told his father, Hamor, “Please get this girl for me so I can marry her.”
5. Jacob learned how Shechem had disgraced his daughter. But Jacob’s sons were out in the field with the cattle. So Jacob said nothing until they came home.
6. And Hamor father of Shechem went to talk with Jacob.
7. When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they came in from the field. They were very angry, because Shechem had done such a wicked thing to Israel. It was wrong for him to have raped Jacob’s daughter. A thing like this should not be done.
8. But Hamor talked to the brothers of Dinah. He said, “My son Shechem is deeply in love with Dinah. Please let him marry her.
9. Marry our people. Give your women to our men as wives. And take our women for your men as wives.
10. You can live in the same land with us. You will be free to own land and to trade here.”
11. Shechem also talked to Jacob and to Dinah’s brothers. He said, “Please accept my offer. I will give anything you ask.
12. Ask as much as you want for the payment for the bride. I will give it to you. Just let me marry Dinah.”
13. The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with lies. They were angry because Shechem had disgraced their sister Dinah.
14. The brothers said to them, “We cannot allow you to marry our sister. You are not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.
15. But we will allow you to marry her if you do this one thing: Every man in your town must be circumcised like us.
16. Then your men can marry our women, and our men can marry your women. Then we will live in your land and become one people.
17. If you refuse to be circumcised, we will take Dinah and leave.”
18. What they asked seemed fair to Hamor and Shechem.
19. So Shechem went quickly to be circumcised because he loved Jacob’s daughter.Now Shechem was the most respected man in his family.
20. So Hamor and Shechem went to the gate of their city. They spoke to the men of their city. They said,