11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor,[a] and I’ll give you whatever you say. 12 Demand of me a high compensation[b] and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Just give the girl to be my wife!”

13 But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

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Footnotes

  1. 34:11 Lit “May I find favor in your eyes
  2. 34:12 Or bride-price, or betrothal present

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