Genesis 34:16-19

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¹⁶ then we will intermarry with you and live here and unite with you to become one people. ¹⁷ Otherwise we will take her and be on our way.”

^18-19 Hamor and Shechem gladly agreed, and lost no time in acting upon this request, for Shechem was very much in love with Dinah, and could, he felt sure, sell the idea to the other men of the city—for he was highly respected and very popular.