Genesis 34

Dinah Is Raped

1 Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, went out to visit some of the Canaanite women.2 When Shechem, son of the local ruler Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her.

3 He became very fond of Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.
4 So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl for my wife.”5 Jacob heard that Shechem had dishonored his daughter Dinah. His sons were with his livestock out in the open country, so Jacob kept quiet until they came home.6 So Shechem’s father Hamor came to Jacob to speak with him.

7 Jacob’s sons came in from the open country as soon as they heard the news. The men felt outraged and very angry because Shechem had committed such a godless act against Israel’s family by raping Jacob’s daughter. This shouldn’t have happened.
8 Hamor told them. “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please let her marry him.9 Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take ours for yourselves.

10 You can live with us, and the land will be yours. Live here, move about freely in this area, and acquire property here.”
11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and her brothers, “Do me this favor. I’ll give you whatever you ask.

12 Set the price I must pay for the bride and the gift I must give her as high as you want. I’ll pay exactly what you tell me. Give me the girl as my wife.”
13 Then Jacob’s sons gave Shechem and his father Hamor a misleading answer because he had dishonored their sister Dinah.14 They said, “We can’t do this. We can’t give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised. That would be a disgrace to us!15 We will give our consent to you only on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as we are.16 Then we’ll give our daughters to you and take yours for ourselves, and we’ll live with you and become one people.

17 If you won’t agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our daughter and go.”
18 Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

19 The young man didn’t waste any time in doing what they said because he took such pleasure in Jacob’s daughter. He was the most honored person in all his father’s family.
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to their city gate to speak to the men of their city. They said,21 “These people are friendly toward us, so let them live in our land and move about freely in the area. Look, there’s plenty of room in this land for them. We can marry their daughters and let them marry ours.22 These people will consent to live with us and become one nation on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as they are.

23 Won’t their livestock, their personal property, and all their animals be ours? We only need to agree to do this for them. Then they’ll live with us.”
24 All the men who had come out to the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. So they were all circumcised at the city gate.25 Two days later, while the men were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and boldly attacked the city. They killed every man26 including Hamor and his son Shechem. They took Dinah from Shechem’s home and left.27 Then Jacob’s sons stripped the corpses and looted the city where their sister had been dishonored.28 They took the sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, and whatever else was in the city or out in the fields.

29 They carried off all the wealth and all the women and children and looted everything in the houses.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me a lot of trouble! You’ve made the people living in the area, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, hate me. There are only a few of us. If they join forces against me and attack me, my family and I will be wiped out.”31 Simeon and Levi asked, “Should Shechem have been allowed to treat our sister like a prostitute?”

Genesis 35

Jacob’s Fifth Encounter With God

1 Then God said to Jacob, “Go to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there. I am the God who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”2 So Jacob said to his family and those who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods which you have, wash yourselves until you are ritually clean,t and change your clothes.3 Then let’s go to Bethel. I will make an altar there to God, who answered me when I was troubled and who has been with me wherever I’ve gone.”

4 So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that they had in their possession as well as the earrings that they had on. Jacob buried these things under the oak tree near Shechem.
5 As they moved on, God made the people of the cities that were all around them terrified so that no one pursued them.6 Jacob and all the people who were with him came to Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan.7 He built an altar there and called that place El Bethel [God of the House of God]. That’s where God had revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his brother.

8 Rebekah’s nurse Deborah died and was buried under the oak tree outside Bethel. So Jacob called it the Tree of Crying.

Jacob’s Sixth Encounter With God—His Name Changed to Israel

9 Then God appeared once more to Jacob after he came back from Paddan Aram, and he blessed him.

10 God said to him, “Your name is Jacob. You will no longer be called Jacob, but your name will be Israel.” So he named him Israel.
11 God also said to him, “I am God Almighty. Be fertile, and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will come from you.12 I will give you the land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac. I will also give this land to your descendants.”13 Then God went up from him at the place where he had spoken with him.14 So Jacob set up a memorial, a stone marker, to mark the place where God had spoken with him. He poured a wine offering and olive oil on it.

15 Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him Bethel [House of God].

Jacob’s [Israel’s] Sons—1 Chronicles 2:1–2

16 Then they moved on from Bethel. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel went into labor and was having severe labor pains.17 During one of her pains, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid! You’re having another son!”

18 Rachel was dying. As she took her last breath, she named her son Benoni [Son of My Sorrow], but his father named him Benjamin [Son of My Right Hand].
19 Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

20 Then Jacob set up a stone as a marker for her grave. The same marker is at Rachel’s grave today.
21 Israel moved on again and put up his tent beyond Migdal Eder.

22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went to bed with his father’s concubinet Bilhah, and Israel heard about it.
Jacob had 12 sons.23 The sons of Leah wereJacob’s firstborn Reuben, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.24 The sons of Rachel wereJoseph and Benjamin.25 The sons of Rachel’s slave Bilhah wereDan and Naphtali.26 The sons of Leah’s slave Zilpah wereGad and Asher.These were Jacob’s sons, who were born in Paddan Aram.27 Jacob came home to his father Isaac to Mamre’s city, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron). Abraham and Isaac had lived there for a while.28 Isaac was 180 years old

29 when he took his last breath and died. He joined his ancestors in death at a very old age. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Genesis 36

The Origin of Edom—1 Chronicles 1:35–54

1 This is the account of Esau (that is, Edom) and his descendants.2 Esau chose his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah, daughter of Elon the Hittite; Oholibamah, daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite;3 also Basemath, daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.4 Adah gave birth to Eliphaz for Esau, and Basemath gave birth to Reuel.

5 Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born in Canaan.
6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the members of his household, his possessions, all his cattle, and everything he had accumulated in Canaan and went to another land away from his brother Jacob.7 He did this because they had too many possessions to live together. There wasn’t enough pastureland for all of their livestock.

8 So Esau, who was also known as Edom, lived in the mountains of Seir.
9 This is the account of Esau and his descendants. He was the father of the people of Edom in the mountains of Seir.10 These were the names of Esau’s sons:Eliphaz, son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel, son of Esau’s wife Basemath.11 The sons of Eliphaz wereTeman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

12 Timna was a concubinet of Esau’s son Eliphaz. She gave birth to Amalek for Eliphaz. These were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.
13 These were Reuel’s sons:Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.14 These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon. She gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah for Esau.15 These were the tribal leaders among Esau’s descendants:The sons of Eliphaz, Esau’s firstborn, wereTeman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,

16 Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These were the tribal leaders descended from Eliphaz in Edom. They were the grandsons of Adah.
17 These were the tribal leaders among the descendants of Esau’s son Reuel:Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the tribal leaders descended from Reuel in Edom. They were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.18 These were the tribal leaders among the descendants of Esau’s wife Oholibamah:Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the tribal leaders descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, Anah’s daughter.19 These were the descendants of Esau (that is, Edom), who were tribal leaders.20 These were the sons of Seir the Horite, the people living in that land:Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These Horite tribal leaders were the sons of Seir in Edom.
22 The sons of Lotan wereHori and Hemam. Lotan’s sister was Timna.23 These were the sons of Shobal:Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.24 These were the sons of Zibeon:Aiah and Anah. (Anah found the hot springst in the desert while he was taking care of the donkeys that belonged to his father Zibeon.)25 These were the children of Anah:Dishon and Oholibamah, daughter of Anah.26 These were the sons of Dishon:Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.27 These were the sons of Ezer:Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.28 These were the sons of Dishan:Uz and Aran.29 These were the Horite tribal leaders:Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah,

30 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the Horite tribal leaders in the land of Seir.
31 These were the kings who ruled Edom before any king ruled the people of Israel:32 Bela, son of Beor, ruled Edom. The name of his capital city was Dinhabah.33 After Bela died, Jobab, son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him as king.34 After Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king.35 After Husham died, Hadad, son of Bedad succeeded him as king. Hadad defeated the Midianites in the country of Moab. The name of his capital city was Avith.36 After Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.37 After Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king.38 After Shaul died, Baal Hanan, son of Achbor, succeeded him as king.39 After Baal Hanan, son of Achbor, died, Hadar succeeded him as king, and the name of his capital city was Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab.40 These were the names of the tribal leaders descended from Esau, by family, place, and name:Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,41 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,42 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,

43 Magdiel, and Iram.
These were the tribal leaders of Edom listed by the places where they lived and the property they owned.Esau was the father of the people of Edom.