Genesis 34

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess 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 Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favour in your sight: and whatsoever you shall appoint 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 Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to 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 Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

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

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

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 But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among 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 mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be 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 be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart:

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

18 Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son:

And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne.

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

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

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

24 And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

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

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

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

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

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

29 And their children and wives they took captive,

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

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

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