Genesis 34

1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

Dina the doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob went out to see the doughters of the lande.

2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.

And Siche the sonne of Hemor the Heuite lorde of the countre sawe her and toke her and laye with her and forced her:

3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

and his harte laye vnto Dina ye doughter of Iacob. And he loued yt damsell and spake kidly vnto her

4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”

and spake vnto his father Hemor saynge gett me this mayde vnto my wyfe.

5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.

And Iacob herde that he had defyled Dina his doughter but his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and therfore he helde his peace vntill they were come.

6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.

Then Hemor the father of Sichem went out vnto Iacob to come with him.

7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.

And the sonnes of Iacob came out of the felde as soone as they herde it for it greued them and they were not a litle wrooth because he had wrought folie in Israell in that he had lyen with Iacobs doughter which thinge oughte not to be done.

8 Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

And Hemor comened with the sainge? the soule of my sonne Siche logeth for youre doughter geue her him to wyfe

9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

and make mariages with vs: geue youre doughters vnto vs ad take oure doughters vnto you

10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”

and dwell with vs and the lande shall be at youre pleasure dwell and do youre busynes and haue youre possessions there in.

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.

And Sichem sayde vnto hyr father and hir brethern: let me fynde grace in youre eyes and what soeuer ye apoynte me that will I geue.

12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.”

Axe frely of me both the dowry and gyftes and I will geue acordynge as ye saye vnto me and geue me the damsell to wyfe.

13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

Then the sonnes of Iacob answered to Sichem ad Hemor his father deceytefully because he had defyled Dina their syster.

14 and said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

And they sayde vnto them we can not do this thinge yt we shulde geue oure syster to one that is vncircumcysed for that were a shame vnto us.

15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

Only in this will we consent vnto you? Yf ye will be as we be that all the men childern amonge you be circumcysed

16 then will we give our daughters to you; and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

tha will we geue oure doughter to you and take youres to vs and will dwell with you and be one people.

17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.”

But and yf ye will not harken vnto vs to be circumcysed than will we take oure doughter and goo oure wayes.

18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.

And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne.

19 The young man did not wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

And the yonge man deferde not for to do the thinge because he had a lust to Iacobs doughter: he was also most sett by of all that were in his fathers house.

20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

Tha Hemor and Sichem went vnto the gate of their cyte and comened with the men of their cyte sayncte.

21 “These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters.

These men ar peasable with us and will dwell in the lade and do their occupatio therin And in the land is rowme ynough for the let us take their doughters to wyues and geue them oures:

22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.

only herin will they consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs and to be one people: yf all the men childern that are amonge vs be circumcysed as they are.

23 Will not their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”

Their goodes and their substance and all their catell are oures only let vs consente vnto them that they maye dwell with vs.

24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

And vnto Hemor and Sichem his sonneharkened all that went out at the gate of his cyte. And all the men childern were circumcysed what soeuer went out at the gates of his cyte.

25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.

And the third daye when it was paynefull to them ij. of the sonnes of Iacob Simeon and Leui Dinas brethren toke ether of them his swerde and went in to the cyte boldly and slewe all yt was male

26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

and slewe also Hemor and Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde ad toke Dina their sister out of Sichems house and went their waye.

27 Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

Than came the sonnes of Iacob vpon the deede and spoyled the cyte because they had defyled their sister:

28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,

and toke their shepe oxen asses and what so euer was in the cyte and also in ye feldes

29 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.

And all their goodes all their childern and their wyues toke they captyue and made havock of all that was in the houses.

30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.”

And Iacob sayde to Simeon and Leui: ye haue troubled me ad made me styncke vnto the inhabitatours of the lande both to the Canaanytes and also vnto the Pherezites. And I am fewe in nombre. Wherfore they shall gather them selves together agaynst me and sley me and so shall I and my house be dystroyed.

31 They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”

And they answered: shuld they deall with oure sister as wyth an whoore?