A reading from the book of Genesis.

Now Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she had born to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land,

and when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her.

He seized her, and lay with her, and humiliated her.

And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved

the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying,

Get me this girl for my wife. Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter, Dinah,

but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came,

and Hamor, the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. The sons of Jacob had come

in from the field as soon as they heard it, and the men were indignant and very angry because he

had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing must not

be done. But Hamor spoke with them, saying,

The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter.

Please give her to him to be his wife.

Make marriages with us.

Give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you.

Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.

Shechem also said to her father, and to her brothers, let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you

say to me I will. Ask me for as great a bride price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever

you say to me, only give me the young woman to be my wife. The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled

their sister, Dinah.

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