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[1] Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. [2] Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her. [3] His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady. [4] Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.” [5] Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came. [6] Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk 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 done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing that ought not to be done. [8] Hamor talked with them, saying, “The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. [9] Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. [10] You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.” [11] Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give. [12] Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife.” [13] The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, [14] and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us. [15] Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised, [16] then will we give our daughters to you; and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. [17] But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our sister,§ and we will be gone.” [18] Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. [19] The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father. [20] Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying, [21] “These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters. [22] Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised. [23] Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.” [24] All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. [25] On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males. [26] They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away. [27] Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. [28] They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field, [29] and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house. [30] Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have troubled 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 strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house.” [31] They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”
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- Hebrew has, literally, “daughter”
King James Version
[1] And DinahH1783 the daughterH1323 of Leah,H3812 which she bareH3205(QalPerf) unto Jacob,H3290 went outH3318(QalImpf) to seeH7200(QalInf) the daughtersH1323 of the land.H776 [2] And when ShechemH7927 the sonH1121 of HamorH2544 the Hivite,H2340 princeH5387 of the country,H776 sawH7200(QalImpf) her, he tookH3947(QalImpf) her, and layH7901(QalImpf) with her, and defiled her.H6031(PielImpf) [3] And his soulH5315 claveH1692(QalImpf) unto DinahH1783 the daughterH1323 of Jacob,H3290 and he lovedH157(QalImpf) the damsel,H5291 and spakeH1696(PielImpf) kindlyH3820 unto the damsel.H5291 [4] And ShechemH7927 spakeH559(QalImpf) unto his fatherH1 Hamor,H2544 saying,H559(QalInf) GetH3947(QalImpv) me this damselH3207 to wife.H802 [5] And JacobH3290 heardH8085(QalPerf) that he had defiledH2930(PielPerf) DinahH1783 his daughter:H1323 now his sonsH1121 were with his cattleH4735 in the field:H7704 and JacobH3290 held his peaceH2790(HiphPerf) until they were come.H935(QalInf) [6] And HamorH2544 the fatherH1 of ShechemH7927 went outH3318(QalImpf) unto JacobH3290 to communeH1696(PielInf) withH854 him. [7] And the sonsH1121 of JacobH3290 cameH935(QalPerf) out of the fieldH7704 when they heardH8085(QalInf) [it]: and the menH582 were grieved,H6087(HithImpf) and they were veryH3966 wroth,H2734(QalImpf) because he had wroughtH6213(QalPerf) follyH5039 in IsraelH3478 in lyingH7901(QalInf) with Jacob’sH3290 daughter;H1323 which thing ought not to be done.H6213(NiphImpf) [8] And HamorH2544 communedH1696(PielImpf) with them, saying,H559(QalInf) The soulH5315 of my sonH1121 ShechemH7927 longethH2836(QalPerf) for your daughter:H1323 I pray you giveH5414(QalImpv) her him to wife.H802 [9] And make ye marriagesH2859(HithImpv) with us, [and] giveH5414(QalImpf) your daughtersH1323 unto us, and takeH3947(QalImpf) our daughtersH1323 unto you. [10] And ye shall dwellH3427(QalImpf) with us: and the landH776 shall beH1961(QalImpf) before you;H6440 dwellH3427(QalImpv) and tradeH5503(QalPerf) ye therein, and get you possessionsH270(NiphImpv) therein. [11] And ShechemH7927 saidH559(QalImpf) unto her fatherH1 and unto her brethren,H251 Let me findH4672(QalImpf) graceH2580 in your eyes,H5869 and what ye shall sayH559(QalImpf) unto me I will give.H5414(QalImpf) [12] AskH7235(HiphImpv) me never so muchH3966 dowryH4119 and gift,H4976 and I will giveH5414(QalImpf) according as ye shall sayH559(QalImpf) unto me: but giveH5414(QalImpv) me the damselH5291 to wife.H802 [13] And the sonsH1121 of JacobH3290 answeredH6030(QalImpf) ShechemH7927 and HamorH2544 his fatherH1 deceitfully,H4820 and said,H1696(PielImpf) because he had defiledH2930(PielPerf) DinahH1783 their sister:H269 [14] And they saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, We cannotH3808 doH6213(QalInf) this thing,H1697 to giveH5414(QalInf) our sisterH269 to oneH376 that is uncircumcised;H6190 for that [were] a reproachH2781 unto us: [15] But in thisH2063 will we consentH225(NiphImpf) unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every maleH2145 of you be circumcised;H4135(NiphInf) [16] Then will we giveH5414(QalPerf) our daughtersH1323 unto you, and we will takeH3947(QalImpf) your daughtersH1323 to us, and we will dwellH3427(QalPerf) with you, and we will become oneH259 people.H5971 [17] But if ye will not hearkenH8085(QalImpf) unto us, to be circumcised;H4135(NiphInf) then will we takeH3947(QalPerf) our daughter,H1323 and we will be gone.H1980(QalPerf) [18] And their wordsH1697 pleasedH3190(QalImpf) Hamor,H2544 and ShechemH7927 Hamor’sH2544 son.H1121 [19] And the young manH5288 deferredH309(PielPerf) not to doH6213(QalInf) the thing,H1697 because he had delightH2654(QalPerf) in Jacob’sH3290 daughter:H1323 and he [was] more honourableH3513(NiphPtc) than all the houseH1004 of his father.H1 [20] And HamorH2544 and ShechemH7927 his sonH1121 cameH935(QalImpf) unto the gateH8179 of their city,H5892 and communedH1696(PielImpf) with the menH582 of their city,H5892 saying,H559(QalInf) [21] These menH582 [are] peaceableH8003 withH854 us; therefore let them dwellH3427(QalImpf) in the land,H776 and tradeH5503(QalImpf) therein; for the land,H776 behold, [it is] largeH7342 enoughH3027 for them;H6440 let us takeH3947(QalImpf) their daughtersH1323 to us for wives,H802 and let us giveH5414(QalImpf) them our daughters.H1323 [22] Only hereinH2063 will the menH582 consentH225(NiphImpf) unto us for to dwellH3427(QalInf) with us, to be oneH259 people,H5971 if every maleH2145 among us be circumcised,H4135(NiphInf) as they [are] circumcised.H4135(NiphPtc) [23] [Shall] not their cattleH4735 and their substanceH7075 and every beastH929 of theirs [be] ours? only let us consentH225(NiphImpf) unto them, and they will dwellH3427(QalImpf) with us. [24] And unto HamorH2544 and unto ShechemH7927 his sonH1121 hearkenedH8085(QalImpf) all that went outH3318(QalActPtc) of the gateH8179 of his city;H5892 and every maleH2145 was circumcised,H4135(NiphImpf) all that went outH3318(QalActPtc) of the gateH8179 of his city.H5892 [25] And it came to pass on the thirdH7992 day,H3117 when they were sore,H3510(QalActPtc) that twoH8147 of the sonsH1121 of Jacob,H3290 SimeonH8095 and Levi,H3878 Dinah’sH1783 brethren,H251 tookH3947(QalImpf) each manH376 his sword,H2719 and cameH935(QalImpf) upon the cityH5892 boldly,H983 and slewH2026(QalImpf) all the males.H2145 [26] And they slewH2026(QalPerf) HamorH2544 and ShechemH7927 his sonH1121 with the edgeH6310 of the sword,H2719 and tookH3947 DinahH1783 outH3947(QalImpf) of Shechem’sH7927 house,H1004 and went out.H3318(QalImpf) [27] The sonsH1121 of JacobH3290 cameH935(QalPerf) upon the slain,H2491 and spoiledH962(QalImpf) the city,H5892 because they had defiledH2930(PielPerf) their sister.H269 [28] They tookH3947(QalPerf) their sheep,H6629 and their oxen,H1241 and their asses,H2543 and that which [was] in the city,H5892 and that which [was] in the field,H7704 [29] And all their wealth,H2428 and all their little ones,H2945 and their wivesH802 took they captive,H7617(QalPerf) and spoiledH962(QalImpf) even all that [was] in the house.H1004 [30] And JacobH3290 saidH559(QalImpf) to SimeonH8095 and Levi,H3878 Ye have troubledH5916(QalPerf) me to make me to stinkH887(HiphInf) among the inhabitantsH3427(QalActPtc) of the land,H776 among the CanaanitesH3669 and the Perizzites:H6522 and I [being] fewH4962 in number,H4557 they shall gather themselves togetherH622(NiphPerf) against me, and slay me;H5221(HiphPerf) and I shall be destroyed,H8045(NiphPerf) I and my house.H1004 [31] And they said,H559(QalImpf) Should he dealH6213(QalImpf) with our sisterH269 as with an harlot?H2181(QalActPtc)
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