Genesis 34

1 Then Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare vnto Iaakob, went out to see the daughters of that countrey.

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

2 Whome when Shechem the sonne of Hamor the Hiuite lorde of that countrey sawe, hee tooke her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, sees her, and takes her, and lies with her, and humbles her;

3 So his heart claue vnto Dinah the daughter of Iaakob: and he loued the maide, and spake kindely vnto the maide.

and his soul cleaves to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loves the young person, and speaks to the heart of the young person.

4 Then said Shechem to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this maide to wife.

And Shechem speaks to his father Hamor, saying, “Take for me this girl for a wife.”

5 (Nowe Iaakob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sonnes were with his cattell in the fielde: therefore Iaakob helde his peace, vntill they were come.)

And Jacob has heard that he has defiled his daughter Dinah, and his sons were with his livestock in the field, and Jacob kept silent until their coming.

6 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out vnto Iaakob to commune with him.

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

7 And whe the sonnes of Iaakob were come out of the fielde and heard it, it grieued the men, and they were very angry, because he had wrought villenie in Israel, in that he had lyen with Iaakobs daughter: which thing ought not to be done.

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 has done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob—and so it is not done.

8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, the soule of my sonne Shechem longeth for your daughter: giue her him to wife, I pray you.

And Hamor speaks with them, saying, “Shechem, my son, his soul has cleaved to your daughter; please give her to him for a wife,

9 So make affinitie with vs: giue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you,

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

10 And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and doe your businesse in it, and haue your possessions therein.

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

11 Shechem also said vnto her father and vnto her brethren, Let me finde fauour in your eyes, and I will giue whatsoeuer ye shall appoint me.

And Shechem says to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which you say to me, I give;

12 Aske of me abundantly both dowrie and giftes, and I will giue as ye appoint me, so that ye giue me the maide to wife.

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

13 Then the sonnes of Iaakob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, talking deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

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

14 And they said vnto them, We can not do this thing, to giue our sister to an vncircumcised man: for that were a reproofe vnto vs.

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

15 But in this will we consent vnto you, if ye will be as we are, that euery man childe among you be circumcised:

Only for this we consent to you: if you are as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

16 Then will we giue our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people.

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

17 But if ye will not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and depart.

and if you do not listen to us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.”

18 Nowe their wordes pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamors sonne.

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

19 And the yong man deferd not to doe the thing because he loued Iaakobs daughter: he was also the most set by of all his fathers house.

and the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he is honorable above all the house of his father.

20 Then Hamor and Shechem his Sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying,

And Hamor comes—his son Shechem also—to the gate of their city, and they speak to the men of their city, saying,

21 These men are peaceable with vs: and that they may dwell in the land, and doe their affaires therin (for behold, the land hath roume ynough for them) let vs take their daughters to wiues, and giue them our daughters.

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

22 Onely herein will the men consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people, if all the men children among vs be circumcised as they are circumcised.

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;

23 Shall not their flockes and their substance and all their cattell be ours? onely let vs consent herein vnto them, and they will dwell with vs.

their livestock, and their substance, and all their beasts—are they not ours? Only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.”

24 And vnto Hamor, and Shechem his sonne hearkened all that went out of the gate of his citie: and all the men children were circumcised, euen all that went out of the gate of his citie.

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

25 And on the thirde day (when they were sore) two of the sonnes of Iaakob, Simeon and Leui, Dinahs brethren tooke either of them his sworde and went into the citie boldly, and slue euery male.

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

26 They slewe also Hamor and Shechem his sonne with the edge of the sword, and tooke Dinah out of Shechems house, and went their way.

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

27 Againe the other sonnes of Iaakob came vpon the dead, and spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister.

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

28 They tooke their sheepe and their beeues, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and in the fieldes.

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

29 Also they caryed away captiue and spoyled all their goods, and all their children and their wiues, and all that was in the houses.

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.

30 Then Iaakob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me, and made me stinke among the inhabitats of the land, aswell the Canaanites, as the Perizzites, and and I being few in nomber, they shall gather theselues together against me, and slay me, and so shall I, and my house be destroied.

And Jacob says to Simeon and to Levi, “You 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 struck me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.”

31 And they answered, Shoulde hee abuse our sister as a whore?

And they say, “Does he make our sister as a harlot?”