But they said,"Should he treatour sisteras a harlot?"
But Jacob'ssonsansweredShechemand his fatherHamorwith deceit,becausehe had defiledDinahtheir sister.
Jacob'ssonscameupon the slainand lootedthe city,becausethey had defiledtheir sister.
Then Jacobsaidto Simeonand Levi,"You have broughttroubleon me by makingme odiousamong the inhabitantsof the land,among the Canaanitesand the Perizzites;and my menbeing fewin number,they will gathertogether againstme and attackme and I will be destroyed,I and my household."
Then Godsaidto Jacob,"Arise,goup to Betheland livethere,and makean altarthereto God,who appearedto you when you fledfrom your brotherEsau."
"Cursedbe their anger,for it is fierce;And their wrath,for it is cruel.I will dispersethem in Jacob,And scatterthem in Israel.
For jealousyenragesa man,And he will not sparein the dayof vengeance.
