Midrasz do Rodzaju 34:13
וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶת־שְׁכֶ֨ם וְאֶת־חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֛יו בְּמִרְמָ֖ה וַיְדַבֵּ֑רוּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר טִמֵּ֔א אֵ֖ת דִּינָ֥ה אֲחֹתָֽם׃
I odpowiedzieli synowie Jakóba Schechemowi i Chamorowi, ojcu jego, podstępnie; a mówili tak dla tego, że shańbił Dinę, siostrę ich.
Sefer HaYashar (midrash)
And Simeon and Levi answered cunningly unto Hamor and Shechem his son, saying: We will do unto you according to what you have said; behold our sister is in your house, and we want you only to keep away from her until we send to consult our father Isaac, for we can do nothing without his consent because he knoweth the ways of our father Abraham and whatsoever he will say unto us we will tell you, we shall not withhold it from you. And Simeon and Levi said these words unto Hamor and his son, to find a pretext and to consult as to what should be done with Shechem and his city in that matter. And when Shechem and his father heard the words spoken by Simeon and Levi it pleased them exceedingly, and they started on their way home. And when they were gone the sons of Jacob spoke unto their father saying: Verily thou knowest the judgment of death is due to these wicked men and to their city, for they have transgressed the words of God which he had commanded to Noah and his sons and his seed after him forever; for he hath defiled our sister Dinah, and such an outrage should never have been done in our midst. And now let us deliberate and decide what has to be done, and how we can find a pretext in order to kill all the inhabitants of this city. And Simeon said unto them: The best advice in this matter is to request them to circumcise every male among them even as we are circumcised, and if they decline to do so we shall take our daughter from them and go away. And in case they consent and do so, then when they are sore, we will come over them with our swords as if they were a quiet and confiding people, and we will slay every male among them. And Simeon’s advice was pleasing in their eyes, and Simeon and Levi decided to act upon it. And in the morning Shechem and his father, Hamor, came once more unto Jacob and his sons, to speak concerning Dinah, and to hear what answer the sons of Jacob had to give to their offer. And the sons of Jacob spoke unto them cunningly, saying: We told all your words unto our father, Isaac, and he was pleased with your offer, but he admonished us, saying: , Thus did Abraham, my father, command me according to the will of God, the Lord of the whole earth,—whenever any man, not of thy own sons, desires to take one of thy daughters to wife, that man and all the male persons of his people must be circumcised even as we are circumcised, and then only can we give him our daughters to wife. And now we have made known to thee all the words of our father, for verily we cannot do the thing thou hast spoken unto us, to give our daughter to a man that is not circumcised, as we regard it a shame. But in this will we consent unto you, to give you our daughter and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and to dwell in your midst and be like one people as you have spoken, if you will listen unto us and consent to become like unto us, and circumcise every male among you, even as we are circumcised. But if you do not listen unto us, to circumcise every male among you as we are circumcised according to the commandment of our Lord, then we will come to you and take our daughter from you and go away.
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