Genesis 34

1 Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the region.

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

2 When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of the land, saw her, he grabbed her, and raped her, and humiliated 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 Then he became very attached to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman, and spoke kindly to the young woman.

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 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young woman as my wife."

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

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

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

And Hamor, father of Shechem, goes out to Jacob to speak 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 disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob's daughter; a thing that should not 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 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The heart of my son Shechem is set on your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

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

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

10 You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live and trade in it, and acquire property in it."

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

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you ask of me I will give.

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 Ask me for a very expensive bride price, and I will pay whatever you ask of me, but give me the young woman as a 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 The sons of Jacob replied deceitfully to Shechem and his father Hamor, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

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 to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that would be a disgrace to us.

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 Only on this condition will we agree with you; that you become like us by circumcising all your males;

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

16 then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will live among you and become 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 you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go away."

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

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

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

19 The young man did not delay to do this thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most important of anyone in his father's 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 Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, 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 at peace with us. Therefore let them live in the land and travel in it. For look, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives for ourselves, and let us give 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 Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us as one people: that every male among us 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 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree with them, so they will settle among us."

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

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 It happened on the third day, when they were still in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came into the unsuspecting city and killed all the males.

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 killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

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 Jacob's sons entered over the dead and plundered the city, 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 took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and was in the field,

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 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything 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 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on 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 attack me, and I and my household will be destroyed."

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 But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"

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