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New King James Version (NKJV)

Genesis 34
⁴ So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young woman as a wife."
⁵ And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob held his peace until they came.
⁶ Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
⁷ And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.
⁸ But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
⁹ And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves.
¹⁰ So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it."
¹¹ Then Shechem said to her father and her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.
¹² Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife."
¹³ But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
¹⁴ And they said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.