and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”

But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage.

It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.

Then they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”

“Let my soul not enter into their council;
Let not my glory be united with their assembly;
Because in their anger they slew men,
And in their self-will they lamed oxen.