Dinah was the daughter of the patriarch Jacob. When she goes out to "visit the daughters of the land," she encounters the prince of Shechem, named Shechem, who takes her by force, rapes her, falls in love with her, and negotiates with her family to marry her. Dismayed upon hearing what has happened and undermining their father's negotiations, Dinah's brothers Simeon and Levi take matters into their own hands and slaughter Shechem and all the men of the city and return their sister to her family.
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