The Story of Shechem and Dinah

Schechem raped Dinah, but then fell in love with her. His father said to Dinah’s brothers, “Let them marry; our people will make marriages with yours and share the land.” And Schechem added, “I’ll give you whatever you ask for.” Dinah’s brothers answered, “You can only marry our sister if you will be as we are, with every male of your people circumcised.”

So Schechem and his father talked with the men of their city, saying, “These people seem peaceful, so let them live on are our land and trade with us.” And every male was circumcised.

But on the third day when they were sore, Dinah’s brothers came to the city and slaughtered all the men. They took their sheep and oxen, their asses and their wealth and all their little ones, and made their wives prisoners.

And Dinah’s father, Jacob, said to his sons, “Why have you made me stink as far as our neighbors are concerned, so that they’ll come and kill me!”

And they replied, “Should he treat our sister like a whore?”

— Genesis 34