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| [1]And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land, |
[1]Then Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bear unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of that country. |
| [2]and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her; |
[2]Whom when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite lord of that country saw, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. |
| [3]and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person. |
[3]So his heart clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob: and he loved the maid, and spake kindly unto the maid. |
| [4]And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.' |
[4]Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this maid to wife. |
| [5]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. |
[5](Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field: therefore Jacob held his peace, until they were come.) |
| [6]And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him; |
[6]Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. |
| [7]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. |
[7]And when the sons of Jacob were come out of the field and heard it, it grieved the men, and they were very angry, because he had wrought villainy in Israel, in that he had lain with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done. |
| [8]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, |
[8]And Hamor communed with them, saying, the soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: give her him to wife, I pray you. |
| [9]and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves, |
[9]So make affinity with us: give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you, |
| [10]and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.' |
[10]And ye shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell, and do your business in it, and have your possessions therein. |
| [11]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; |
[11]Shechem also said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give whatsoever ye shall appoint me. |
| [12]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.' |
[12]Ask of me abundantly both dowry and gifts, and I will give as ye appoint me, so that ye give me the maid to wife. |
| [13]And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister), |
[13]Then the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, talking among themselves deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, |
| [14]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. |
[14]And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to an uncircumcised man: for that were a reproof unto us. |
| [15]`Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised, |
[15]But in this will we consent unto you, if ye will be as we are, that every man child among you be circumcised: |
| [16]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; |
[16]Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and will dwell with you, and be one people. |
| [17]and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.' |
[17]But if ye will not hearken unto us to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and depart. |
| [18]And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son; |
[18]Now their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. |
| [19]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. |
[19]And the young man deferred not to do the thing because he loved Jacob's daughter: he was also the most set by of all his father's house. |
| [20]And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying, |
[20]Then Hamor and Shechem his Son went unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, |
| [21]`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. |
[21]These men are peaceable with us: and that they may dwell in the land, and do their affairs therein (for behold, the land hath room enough for them) let us take their daughters to wives, and give them our daughters. |
| [22]`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; |
[22]Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, and to be one people, if all the men children among us be circumcised as they are circumcised. |
| [23]their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.' |
[23]Shall not their flocks and their substance and all their cattle be ours? Only let us consent herein unto them, and they will dwell with us. |
| [24]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. |
[24]And unto Hamor, and Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city: and all the men children were circumcised , even all that went out of the gate of his city. |
| [25]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; |
[25]And on the third day (when they were sore) two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren took either of them his sword and went into the city boldly, and slew every male. |
| [26]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. |
[26]They slew also Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went their way. |
| [27]Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister; |
[27]Again the other sons of Jacob came upon the dead, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. |
| [28]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; |
[28]They took their sheep and their beeves, and their asses, and whatsoever was in the city, and in the fields. |
| [29]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. |
[29]Also they carried away captive and spoiled all their goods, and all their children and their wives, and all that was in the houses. |
| [30]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.' |
[30]Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, and made me stink among the inhabitants of the land, as well the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me, and so shall I, and my house be destroyed. |
| [31]And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?' |
[31]And they answered, Should he abuse our sister as a whore? |