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Midrash for Genesis 34:26

וְאֶת־חֲמוֹר֙ וְאֶת־שְׁכֶ֣ם בְּנ֔וֹ הָרְג֖וּ לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וַיִּקְח֧וּ אֶת־דִּינָ֛ה מִבֵּ֥ית שְׁכֶ֖ם וַיֵּצֵֽאוּ׃

And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went forth. .

Midrash Tanchuma

For in their anger they slew a man (Gen. 49:6). Did they slay only one man? Is it not written: And they came upon the city unawares, and they slew all the males (ibid. 34:25)? The fact is that they were all considered by the Holy One, blessed be He, and by them as one man, as Scripture states: And thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man (Judg. 6:16). Similarly, it states: The horse and its rider hath He thrown into the sea (Exod. 15:1).
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Bereishit Rabbah

And they took Dina (Gen. 34:26), Rabbi Yudan said: they dragged her and went out. Rav Huna: a woman who was penetrated by an uncircumcised man is difficult to separate. Said Rav Huna: she kept saying 'and I, where will I go with my shame?' until Shime'on swore to her that he would take her [as wife], since it is written "and Sha'ul the son of the Canaanite woman" (Genesis 46:10) - he was the son of Dinah, who was penetrated by a Canaanite. Rabi Yehudah and Rabi Nechemiah and the rabbis: Rabi Yehudah said that she did the act of a Canaanite. Rabbi Nechemiah said that she was penetrated by a Chivi that is considered a Canaanite. And the rabbis say: Shime'on took her as a wife and she died in the land of Canaan.
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