And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that the two sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each man took his sword, and came upon the city securely, and killed every male.

But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city in which they had defiled Dinah their sister.

And they took captive all their people, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.

And they said, No, but shall they treat our sister as a harlot?

[ 35:21] And it came to pass when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, the concubine of his father Jacob; and Israel heard, and the thing appeared grievous before him. [ 35:22] Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:

And they spied him from a distance before he came near them, and they wickedly took counsel to kill him.

Now then come, let us kill him, and cast him into one of the pits; and we will say, An evil wild beast has devoured him; and we shall see what his dreams will be.

And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood; cast him into one of these pits in the wilderness, but do not lay [your] hand upon him; that he might rescue him out of their hands, and restore him to his father.

And they took him and cast him into the pit; and the pit was empty, it had not water.

And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

And the men, the merchants of Midian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.

And he returned to his brothers and said, The boy is no [more]; and I, where shall I go?

And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, We have found this: Do you know if it is your son's coat or not?

And he went out of his way to her, and said to her, Let me come in to you; for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law; and she said, What will you give me if you should come in to me?

And he said, What is the pledge that I shall give you? And she said, Your ring, and your bracelet, and the staff in your hand; and he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.

God, [even] God is the Lord, and [even] God Himself knows, and Israel shall know; if we have transgressed before the Lord by apostasy, let Him not deliver us this day.

But we have done this for the sake of precaution [concerning this] thing, saying, Lest hereafter your sons should say to our sons, What have you to do with the Lord God of Israel?

And we gave orders to do thus, to build this altar, not for burnt offerings, nor for meat offerings;

And we said, If ever it should come to pass that they should speak [so] to us, or to our posterity hereafter; then shall they say, Behold the likeness of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for the sake of burnt offerings, nor for the sake of meat offerings, but it is a witness between you and us, and between our sons.

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should ruin or destroy.

And Hazael said, Who is your servant? A dead dog, that he should do this thing? And Elisha said, The Lord has shown me that you [shall] rule over Syria.

A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favor is above silver and gold.

A good name is better than good oil; and the day of death than the day of birth.

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live commendably.