Genesis 34

1 Egressa est autem Dina filia Liæ ut videret mulieres regionis illius.

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

2 Quam cum vidisset Sichem filius Hemor Hevæi, princeps terræ illius, adamavit eam: et rapuit, et dormivit cum illa, vi opprimens virginem.

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 Et conglutinata est anima ejus cum ea, tristemque delinivit blanditiis.

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

4 Et pergens ad Hemor patrem suum: Accipe, inquit, mihi puellam hanc conjugem.

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

5 Quod cum audisset Jacob absentibus filiis, et in pastu pecorum occupatis, siluit donec redirent.

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 Egresso autem Hemor patre Sichem ut loqueretur ad Jacob,

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

7 ecce filii ejus veniebant de agro: auditoque quod acciderat, irati sunt valde, eo quod fœdam rem operatus esset in Israël et, violata filia Jacob, rem illicitam perpetrasset.

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 Locutus est itaque Hemor ad eos: Sichem filii mei adhæsit anima filiæ vestræ: date eam illi uxorem:

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

9 et jungamus vicissim connubia: filias vestras tradite nobis, et filias nostras accipite,

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

10 et habitate nobiscum: terra in potestate vestra est: exercete, negotiamini, et possidete eam.

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

11 Sed et Sichem ad patrem et ad fratres ejus ait: Inveniam gratiam coram vobis: et quæcumque statueritis, dabo:

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 augete dotem, et munera postulate, et libenter tribuam quod petieritis: tantum date mihi puellam hanc uxorem.

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 Responderunt filii Jacob Sichem et patri ejus in dolo, sævientes ob stuprum sororis:

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

14 Non possumus facere quod petitis, nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso: quod illicitum et nefarium est apud nos.

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 Sed in hoc valebimus fœderari, si volueritis esse similes nostri, et circumcidatur in vobis omne masculini sexus;

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 tunc dabimus et accipiemus mutuo filias vestras ac nostras: et habitabimus vobiscum, erimusque unus populus.

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

17 Si autem circumcidi nolueritis, tollemus filiam nostram, et recedemus.

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

18 Placuit oblatio eorum Hemor, et Sichem filio ejus,

And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne.

19 nec distulit adolescens quin statim quod petebatur expleret: amabat enim puellam valde, et ipse erat inclytus in omni domo patris sui.

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 Ingressique portam urbis, locuti sunt ad populum:

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

21 Viri isti pacifici sunt, et volunt habitare nobiscum: negotientur in terra, et exerceant eam, quæ spatiosa et lata cultoribus indiget: filias eorum accipiemus uxores, et nostras illis dabimus.

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 Unum est quo differtur tantum bonum: si circumcidamus masculos nostros, ritum gentis imitantes.

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 Et substantia eorum, et pecora, et cuncta quæ possident, nostra erunt: tantum in hoc acquiescamus, et habitantes simul, unum efficiemus populum.

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

24 Assensique sunt omnes, circumcisis cunctis maribus.

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 Et ecce, die tertio, quando gravissimus vulnerum dolor est: arreptis duo filii Jacob, Simeon et Levi fratres Dinæ, gladiis, ingressi sunt urbem confidenter: interfectisque omnibus masculis,

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 Hemor et Sichem pariter necaverunt, tollentes Dinam de domo Sichem sororem suam.

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 Quibus egressis, irruerunt super occisos ceteri filii Jacob: et depopulati sunt urbem in ultionem stupri.

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

28 Oves eorum, et armenta, et asinos, cunctaque vastantes quæ in domibus et in agris erant,

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

29 parvulos quoque eorum et uxores duxerunt captivas.

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

30 Quibus patratis audacter, Jacob dixit ad Simeon et Levi: Turbastis me, et odiosum fecistis me Chananæis, et Pherezæis habitatoribus terræ hujus: nos pauci sumus; illi congregati percutient me, et delebor ego, et domus mea.

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 Responderunt: Numquid ut scorto abuti debuere sorore nostra?

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