Genesis 34

1 egressa est autem Dina filia Liae ut videret mulieres regionis illius

And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

2 quam cum vidisset Sychem filius Emor Evei princeps terrae illius adamavit et rapuit et dormivit cum illa vi opprimens virginem

And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.

3 et conglutinata est anima eius cum ea tristemque blanditiis delinivit

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

4 et pergens ad Emor patrem suum accipe mihi inquit puellam hanc coniugem

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

5 quod cum audisset Iacob absentibus filiis et in pastu occupatis pecorum siluit donec redirent

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

6 egresso autem Emor patre Sychem ut loqueretur ad Iacob

And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

7 ecce filii eius veniebant de agro auditoque quod acciderat irati sunt valde eo quod foedam rem esset operatus in Israhel et violata filia Iacob rem inlicitam perpetrasset

And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

8 locutus est itaque Emor ad eos Sychem filii mei adhesit anima filiae vestrae date eam illi uxorem

And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her unto him to wife.

9 et iungamus vicissim conubia filias vestras tradite nobis et filias nostras accipite

And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

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

And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

11 sed et Sychem ad patrem et ad fratres eius ait inveniam gratiam coram vobis et quaecumque statueritis dabo

And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

12 augete dotem munera postulate libens tribuam quod petieritis tantum date mihi puellam hanc uxorem

Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.

13 responderunt filii Iacob Sychem et patri eius in dolo saevientes ob stuprum sororis

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

14 non possumus facere quod petitis nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso quod inlicitum et nefarium est apud nos

and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

15 sed in hoc valebimus foederari si esse volueritis nostri similes et circumcidatur in vobis omne masculini sexus

Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

16 tunc dabimus et accipiemus mutuo filias nostras ac vestras et habitabimus vobiscum erimusque unus populus

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

17 sin autem circumcidi nolueritis tollemus filiam nostram et recedemus

But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

18 placuit oblatio eorum Emor et Sychem filio eius

And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

19 nec distulit adulescens quin statim quod petebatur expleret amabat enim puellam valde et ipse erat inclitus in omni domo patris sui

And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was honoured above all the house of his father.

20 ingressique portam urbis locuti sunt populo

And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

21 viri isti pacifici sunt et volunt habitare nobiscum negotientur in terra et exerceant eam quae spatiosa et lata cultoribus indiget filias eorum accipiemus uxores et nostras illis dabimus

These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

22 unum est quod differtur tantum bonum si circumcidamus masculos nostros ritum gentis imitantes

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

23 et substantia eorum et pecora et cuncta quae possident nostra erunt tantum in hoc adquiescamus et habitantes simul unum efficiemus populum

Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

24 adsensi sunt omnes circumcisis cunctis maribus

And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.

25 et ecce die tertio quando gravissimus vulnerum dolor est arreptis duo Iacob filii Symeon et Levi fratres Dinae gladiis ingressi sunt urbem confidenter interfectisque omnibus masculis

And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.

26 Emor et Sychem pariter necaverunt tollentes Dinam de domo Sychem sororem suam

And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went forth.

27 quibus egressis inruerunt super occisos ceteri filii Iacob et depopulati sunt urbem in ultionem stupri

The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

28 oves eorum et armenta et asinos cunctaque vastantes quae in domibus et in agris erant

They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field;

29 parvulos quoque et uxores eorum duxere captivas

and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house.

30 quibus patratis audacter Iacob dixit ad Symeon et Levi turbastis me et odiosum fecistis Chananeis et Ferezeis habitatoribus terrae huius nos pauci sumus illi congregati percutient me et delebor ego et domus mea

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

31 responderunt numquid ut scorto abuti debuere sorore nostra

And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?