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11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, ‘Grant me this favour,[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. Only 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 favour in your eyes
  2. 34:12 Or bride-price, or betrothal present