22. But our men must agree to one thing. All our men must agree to be circumcised as they are. Then they will agree to live in our land. And we will be one people.
23. If we do this, their cattle and their animals will belong to us. Let us do what they say, and they will stay in our land.”
24. All the men who had come to the city gate heard this. And they agreed with Hamor and Shechem. And every man was circumcised.
25. Three days later the men who were circumcised were still in pain. Two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi (Dinah’s brothers), took their swords. They made a surprise attack on the city. And they killed all the men there.
26. Simeon and Levi killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and left.
27. Jacob’s sons went among the dead bodies and stole everything that was in the city. This was to pay them back for what Shechem had done to their sister.