Retaliation

Shechem notices Dinah
Jasher 33:7-10
And Shechem the son of Hamor, the prince of the land was also standing there to see them. And Shechem beheld Dinah the daughter of Jacob sitting with her mother before the daughters of the city, and the damsel pleased him greatly, and he there asked his friends and his people, saying, “Whose daughter is that sitting among the women, whom I do not know in this city?”

And they said to him, “Surely this is the daughter of Jacob the son of Isaac the Hebrew, who has dwelled in this city for some time, and when it was reported that the daughters of the land were going forth to rejoice she went with her mother and maidservants to sit among them as you see.”

And Shechem beheld Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and when he looked at her his soul became fixed upon Dinah.

Shechem defiles Dinah and wants to marry her
Genesis 34:2-4, Jasher 33:11, Jubilees 30:2
And there they carried off Dinah by force, the daughter of Jacob, into the house of Shechem, the son of Hamor, the Hivite, the prince of the land, and he lay with her and defiled her, and she was a little girl, a child of 12 years. And his soul clave to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel. And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this damsel to wife.”

Jacob learns about what happened and tries to retrieve her
Genesis 34:5, Jasher 33:12-15
And they came and told the thing to Jacob, and when Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter, Dinah, Jacob sent 12 of his servants to fetch Dinah from the house of Shechem, and they went and came to the house of Shechem to take away Dinah from there. And when they came Shechem went out to them with his men and drove them from his house, and he would not suffer them to come before Dinah, but Shechem was sitting with Dinah kissing and embracing her before their eyes. And the servants of Jacob came back and told him, saying, “When we came, he and his men drove us away, and thus did Shechem do to Dinah before our eyes.”

And Jacob knew that Shechem had defiled his daughter, but he said nothing, and his sons were feeding his cattle in the field, and Jacob remained silent until their return.

Jacob sends maidens to tend to Dinah
Jasher 33:16a
And before his sons came home Jacob sent 2 maidens from his servants’ daughters to take care of Dinah in the house of Shechem, and to remain with her.

Shechem and his father discuss Dinah becoming his wife
Jasher 33:16b-18
And Shechem sent 3 of his friends to his father Hamor the son of Chiddekem, the son of Pered, saying, “Get me this damsel for a wife.”

And Hamor the son of Chiddekem the Hivite came to the house of Shechem his son, and he sat before him, and Hamor said to his son, Shechem, “Is there then no woman among the daughters of your people that you will take a Hebrew woman who is not of your people?”

And Shechem said to him, “Her only must you get for me, for she is delightful in my sight;” and Hamor did according to the word of his son, for he was greatly beloved by him.

Jacob’s sons learn what happened and Hamor visits Jacob
Genesis 34:6-7, Jasher 33:19-23, Jubilees 30:3
And Hamor went forth to Jacob to commune with him concerning this matter, and when he had gone from the house of his son Shechem, before he came to Jacob to speak to him, behold the sons of Jacob had come from the field, as soon as they heard the thing that Shechem the son of Hamor had done. And the men were very much grieved concerning their sister, and they all came home fired with anger because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter: which thing ought not to be done, before the time of gathering in their cattle.

And they came and sat before their father and they spoke to him kindled with wrath, saying, “Surely death is due to this man and to his household, because the Lord God of the whole earth commanded Noah and his children that man shall never rob, nor commit adultery; now behold Shechem has both ravaged and committed fornication with our sister, and not one of all the people of the city spoke a word to him. Surely you know and understand that the judgment of death is due to Shechem, and to his father, and to the whole city on account of the thing which he has done.”

And while they were speaking before their father in this matter, behold Hamor the father of Shechem came to speak to Jacob the words of his son concerning Dinah, and he sat before Jacob and before his sons.

Hamor tries to reason with Jacob
Genesis 34:8-10, Jasher 33:24-25
And Hamor spoke to them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you give her to him for a wife and intermarry with us; give us your daughters and we will give you our daughters, and you will dwell with us in our land and we will be as one people in the land. For our land is very extensive, so dwell and trade therein and get possessions in it, and do therein as you desire, and no one will prevent you by saying a word to you.”

Shechem joins his father and speaks with Jacob
Genesis 34:11-12, Jasher 33:26-28
And Hamor ceased speaking to Jacob and his sons, and behold Shechem his son had come after him, and he sat before them. And Shechem spoke before Jacob and his sons, saying, “May I find favor in your sight that you will give me your daughter, and whatever you say to me that will I do for her. Ask me for an abundance of dowry and gift, and I will give it, and whatever you will say to me that will I do, and whoever he be that will rebel against your orders, he will die; only give me the damsel for a wife.”

Simeon and Levi respond to Hamor and Shechem
Jasher 33:29-32
And Simeon and Levi answered Hamor and Shechem his son deceitfully, saying, “All you have spoken to us we will do for you. And behold our sister is in your house, but keep away from her until we send to our father Isaac concerning this matter, for we can do nothing without his consent. For he knows the ways of our father Abraham, and whatever he says to us we will tell you, we will conceal nothing from you.”

And Simeon and Levi spoke this to Shechem and his father to find a pretext, and to seek counsel what was to be done to Shechem and his city in this matter.

Hamor and Shechem leave and the sons of Jacob scheme on what to do
Jasher 33:33-40
And when Shechem and his father heard the words of Simeon and Levi, it seemed good in their sight, and Shechem and his father came forth to go home. And when they had gone, the sons of Jacob said to their father, saying, “Behold, we know that death is due to these wicked ones and to their city, because they transgressed that which God had commanded to Noah and his children and his seed after them. And also because Shechem did this thing to our sister Dinah in defiling her, for such vileness will never be done among us. Now therefore know and see what you will do, and seek counsel and pretext what is to be done to them, to kill all the inhabitants of this city.”

And Simeon said to them, “Here is a proper advice for you: tell them to circumcise every male among them as we are circumcised, and if they do not wish to do this, we will take our daughter from them and go away. And if they consent to do this and will do it, then when they are sunk down with pain, we will attack them with our swords, as upon one who is quiet and peaceable, and we will slay every male person among them.”

And Simeon’s advice pleased them, and Simeon and Levi resolved to do to them as it was proposed.

And on the next morning, Shechem and Hamor his father came again to Jacob and his sons, to speak concerning Dinah, and to hear what answer the sons of Jacob would give to their words.

Hamor and Shechem return the next day and the sons of Jacob request that they be circumcised
Genesis 34:13-17, Jasher 33:41-45
And the sons of Jacob spoke deceitfully to them, saying, “We told our father Isaac all your words, and your words pleased him. We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that was a reproach to us. But Isaac spoke to us, saying, ‘Thus did Abraham his father command him from God the Lord of the whole earth, that any man who is not of his descendants that should wish to take one of his daughters, will cause every male belonging to him to be circumcised, as we are circumcised, and then we may give him our daughter for a wife.’ Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. Now we have made known to you all our ways that our father spoke to us, for we cannot do this of which you spoke to us, to give our daughter to an uncircumcised man, for it is a disgrace to us. But herein will we consent to you, to give you our daughter, and we will also take to ourselves your daughters, and will dwell among you and be one people as you have spoken, if you will listen to us, and consent to be like us, to circumcise every male belonging to you, as we are circumcised. And if you will not listen to us, to have every male circumcised as we are circumcised, as we have commanded, then we will come to you, and take our daughter from you and go away.”

Hamor and Shechem agree that all the males will be circumcised
Genesis 34:18-19, Jasher 33:46
And Shechem and his father Hamor heard the words of the sons of Jacob, and the thing pleased them exceedingly, and Shechem and his father Hamor hurried to do the wishes of the sons of Jacob, for Shechem was very fond of Dinah, and his soul was riveted to her, and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

Hamor and Shechem tell the men of the city about their agreement
Genesis 34:20-24, Jasher 33:47-51
And Shechem and his father Hamor hurried to the gate of the city, and they assembled all the men of their city and spoke to them the words of the sons of Jacob, saying, “We came to these men, the sons of Jacob, and we spoke to them concerning their daughter, and these men will consent to do according to our wishes, and behold our land is of great extent for them, and they will dwell in it, and trade in it, and we will be one people; we will take their daughters and our daughters we will give to them for wives. But only on this condition will these men consent to do this thing, that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised, as their God commanded them, and when we will have done according to their instructions to be circumcised, then will they dwell among us, together with their cattle and possessions, and we will be as one people with them.”

And when all the men of the city heard the words of Shechem and his father Hamor, then all the men of their city were agreeable to this proposal, and they obeyed to be circumcised, for Shechem and his father Hamor were greatly esteemed by them, being the princes of the land.

And on the next day, Shechem and Hamor his father rose early in the morning, and they assembled all the men of their city into the middle of the city, and they called for the sons of Jacob, who circumcised every male belonging to them on that day and the next.

The men of Shechem are circumcised
Jasher 33:52, 34:1
And they circumcised Shechem and Hamor his father, and the 5 brothers of Shechem, and then everyone rose and went home, for this thing was from the Lord against the city of Shechem, and from the Lord was Simeon’s counsel in this matter so that the Lord might deliver the city of Shechem into the hands of Jacob’s 2 sons. And the number of all the males that were circumcise, were 645 men, and 246 children.