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Genesis 34:1

Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had by Jacob, went out to see the women of that country.

And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.

And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,

Genesis 34:2

And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.

and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;

Genesis 34:3

Then his heart went out in love to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he said comforting words to her.

And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.

and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.

Genesis 34:4

And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.

And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.`

Genesis 34:5

Now Jacob had word of what Shechem had done to his daughter; but his sons were in the fields with the cattle, and Jacob said nothing till they came.

But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back.

And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.

Genesis 34:6

Then Hamor, the father of Shechem, came out to have a talk with Jacob.

And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,

And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;

Genesis 34:7

Now the sons of Jacob came in from the fields when they had news of it, and they were wounded and very angry because of the shame he had done in Israel by having connection with Jacob's daughter; and they said, Such a thing is not to be done.

Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter,

and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob and so it is not done.

Genesis 34:8

But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,

Genesis 34:9

And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters and take you our daughters,

and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,

Genesis 34:10

Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.

And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade,and possess it.

and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.`

Genesis 34:11

And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.

Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favor in your sight: and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give.

And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, `Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;

Genesis 34:12

However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.

Raise the dowery,, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.`

Genesis 34:13

But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),

Genesis 34:14

And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.

and say unto them, `We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it [is] a reproach to us.

Genesis 34:15

But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

But in this way may we be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

`Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

Genesis 34:16

Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.

Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:

then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;

Genesis 34:17

But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.

But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart:

and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.`

Genesis 34:18

And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son:

And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor`s son;

Genesis 34:19

And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.

And the young man made no delay, but forthwith fulfilled what was required, for he loved the damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man in all his father's house.

and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob`s daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.

Genesis 34:20

Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,

And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:

And Hamor cometh Shechem his son also unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,

Genesis 34:21

It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.

These men are peaceable and willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours.

`These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, lo, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.

Genesis 34:22

But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.

One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

`Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

Genesis 34:23

Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.

And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours: only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.

their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.`

Genesis 34:24

Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.

And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.

Genesis 34:25

But on the third day after, before the wounds were well, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came into the town by surprise and put all the males to death.

And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city, and slew all the men:

And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah`s brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;

Genesis 34:26

And Hamor and his son they put to death with the sword, and they took Dinah from Shechem's house and went away.

And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem's house.

and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem`s house, and go out.

Genesis 34:27

And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.

Jacob`s sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;

Genesis 34:28

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses and everything in their town and in their fields,

And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields.

their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which [is] in the city, and that which [is] in the field, have they taken;

Genesis 34:29

And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.

and their children and wives they took captive,

and all their wealth, and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that [is] in the house.

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have made trouble for me and given me a bad name among the people of this country, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and because we are small in number they will come together against me and make war on me; and it will be the end of me and all my people.

And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land: we are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house, shall be destroyed.

And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, `Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.`

Genesis 34:31

But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?

They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?

And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?`

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