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and take the blessing which I have brought to you, and which God, who bestows all things, has given as a gift to me.” Accepting it reluctantly, at the insistence of his brother, (Genesis 33, 11)
And Jacob said: “My lord, you know that I have with me tender little ones, and sheep, and cows with young. If I cause these to labor too much in walking, all the flocks will die in one day. (Genesis 33, 13)
And Jacob went to Succoth, where, having built a house and pitched tents, he called the name of that place Succoth, that is, ‘Tents.’ (Genesis 33, 17)
But when Jacob had heard this, since his sons were absent and he was occupied in pasturing the cattle, he remained silent until they came back. (Genesis 34, 5)
Then, when Hamor, the father of Shechem, had gone out to speak to Jacob, (Genesis 34, 6)
behold, his sons arrived from the field. And hearing what had happened, they were very angry, because he had done a filthy thing in Israel and, in violating a daughter of Jacob, had perpetrated an unlawful act. (Genesis 34, 7)
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father with deceit, being enraged at the rape of their sister: (Genesis 34, 13)
And behold, on the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dinah, boldly entered the city with swords. And they put to death all of the males. (Genesis 34, 25)
And when they had departed, the other sons of Jacob rushed over the slain, and they plundered the city in vengeance for the rape. (Genesis 34, 27)
When they had boldly completed these acts, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: “You have troubled me, and you have made me hateful to the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few. They, gathering themselves together, may strike me down, and then both I and my house will be wiped away.” (Genesis 34, 30)
About this time, God said to Jacob, “Arise and go up to Bethel, and live there, and make an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.” (Genesis 35, 1)
In truth, Jacob, having called together all his house, said: “Cast away the foreign gods that are in your midst and be cleansed, and also change your garments. (Genesis 35, 2)