Genesis 34 — DRA
34Verse 1And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.Verse 2And 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.Verse 3And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.Verse 4And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.Verse 5But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back.Verse 6And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,Verse 7Behold 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,Verse 8And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:Verse 9And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters and take you our daughters,Verse 10And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.Verse 11Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favour in your sight: and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give.Verse 12Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.Verse 13The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:Verse 14We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.Verse 15But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:Verse 16Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:Verse 17But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart:Verse 18Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son:Verse 19And 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.Verse 20And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:Verse 21These 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.Verse 22One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.Verse 23And 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.Verse 24And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.Verse 25And 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:Verse 26And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem’s house.Verse 27And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.Verse 28And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields.Verse 29And their children and wives they took captive,Verse 30And 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.Verse 31They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?