So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,

So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.

But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob’s spirit revived.