Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Dinah, the daughter of
Leah ,
whom
she
bore
to Jacob, went out to see
the daughters of the land.
Now
Dinah, the daughter Leah had
borne
to Jacob, went out to visit
the daughters of the land.
Shechem the
son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land
, saw her .
He took her ,
lay with her ,
and
humbled
her
.
When
Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region
, saw her ,
he took her and
lay with her by
force
.
His soul joined
to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob ,
and
he loved the young lady,
and spoke kindly
to the
young
lady
.
And
his soul was
drawn
to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob .
He loved the young girl
and spoke to her
tenderly
.
Shechem spoke
to
his father ,
Hamor, saying,
"
Get me this young
lady
as a wife. "
So
Shechem told
his father Hamor, “
Get me this girl
as a wife. ”
Now
Jacob heard that he
had defiled Dinah,
his daughter ;
and
his sons were with his cattle
in the field .
Jacob
held
his
peace
until they came
.
Jacob heard that Shechem
had defiled his daughter Dinah,
but
since
his sons were with his livestock
in the field ,
he
remained
silent
about
it
until they returned
.
Hamor
the
father of
Shechem
went
out
to
Jacob
to talk
with him
.
Meanwhile,
Shechem’s
father Hamor
came
to speak
with Jacob
.
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 ;
which
thing ought
not to
be done.
When
Jacob’s
sons heard
what
had
happened,
they
returned
from the field. They were filled
with
grief
and
fury
, because Shechem
had committed
an
outrage
in Israel by
lying with Jacob’s
daughter —a
thing that
should
not be done.
Hamor talked
with
them, saying,
"The
soul
of
my son ,
Shechem ,
longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a
wife.
But
Hamor said
to
them, “
My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his
wife.
Make
marriages
with us .
Give your daughters to
us
, and take our daughters for yourselves.
Intermarry
with us ;
give us
your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves.
You shall
dwell
with
us :
and the land will be before
you. Live and
trade
in
it
, and get
possessions
in
it
. "
You may
settle
among
us ,
and the land will be open
to
you. Live here
, move
about
freely,
and acquire
your
own
property
. ”
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.
Then
Shechem said to Dinah’s
father and brothers, “Grant
me this
favor, and I will give you
whatever
you
ask
.
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 ."
Demand
a high
dowry and
an
expensive
gift
, and I will give you
whatever you ask .
Only
give me the girl
as my
wife !”
The
sons
of
Jacob
answered
Shechem
and
Hamor
his
father
with
deceit,
and
spoke,
because he
had defiled Dinah
their sister,
But
because Shechem
had defiled their sister Dinah
, Jacob’s
sons
answered
him
and
his
father
Hamor
deceitfully.
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.
“
We cannot
do such
a
thing, ”
they
said.
“
To give our sister to an
uncircumcised man
would
be
a disgrace
to us.
Only
on
this
condition
will
we consent to you.
If
you
will
be
as
we
are
, that every
male
of
you be
circumcised ;
We will
consent to this
on
one
condition
, that you become
circumcised like
us—every
one
of
your
males.
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.
Then we will
give you
our daughters and take your daughters for
ourselves.
We will dwell among
you and become one people.
But if you will not listen
to
us,
to be circumcised, then we will take our sister ,
and we
will
be
gone
. "
But if you will not agree
to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go
. ”
Their words
pleased
Hamor ,
and Shechem,
Hamor's
son.
Their offer
seemed
good
to
Hamor and his
son Shechem
.
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
.
The young man ,
who
was
the
most
respected
of
all
his
father’s
household,
did
not
hesitate
to fulfill
this request
, because he was delighted
with
Jacob’s
daughter
.
Hamor and Shechem,
his son ,
came
to the gate of their city ,
and talked
with
the men of their city ,
saying,
So
Hamor and his son Shechem
went
to the gate of their city and addressed
the men of their city :
"
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 us take their daughters to
us
for
wives,
and let
us
give them
our daughters.
“
These men are at
peace
with us. Let them live and trade in our
land ;
indeed,
it
is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in
marriage
and give our daughters to
them
.
Only on this condition will the men consent
to
us
to dwell with us ,
to
become
one people ,
if every
male
among
us
be
circumcised ,
as they are circumcised
.
But
only on this condition will the men agree
to dwell with us and
be
one people :
if all
our
men
are
circumcised as they are.
Won't
their cattle
and
their substance
and all their animals be
ours? Only let us give
our
consent to them, and they will dwell with
us. "
Will
not
their livestock,
their possessions,
and all their animals become
ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among
us. ”
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.
All the
men
who went out of the city gate
listened to Hamor and his son Shechem,
and every male of the city was
circumcised
.
It
happened
on
the
third
day
, when
they were sore
, that
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
.
Three
days
later
, while
they were still
in
pain
, two of Jacob’s
sons (Dinah’s
brothers
Simeon and Levi )
took their
swords
, went
into
the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered
every
male
.
They killed Hamor and Shechem,
his son ,
with the
edge
of
the
sword
, and
took Dinah out of Shechem's
house, and went away.
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem
with their
swords
, took Dinah out of Shechem’s
house, and went away.
Jacob's
sons came on
the dead,
and plundered
the city, because they
had
defiled
their sister.
Jacob’s
other
sons came upon
the slaughter
and looted
the city, because their sister had
been
defiled
.
They took their flocks ,
their
herds ,
their
donkeys, that
which
was
in the city ,
that
which
was
in the field ;
They took their flocks and
herds and
donkeys, and
everything
else
in the city or
in the field .
and
all
their
wealth.
They took
captive
all their little
ones
and their
wives
, and took
as
plunder
everything that
was
in the
house
.
They carried
off
all their possessions
and women
and
children
, and they
plundered
everything in their
houses
.
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
. "
Then
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “
You have brought
trouble
upon
me by
making
me a
stench
to the Canaanites and Perizzites ,
the
people
of
this
land
. We
are
few in number ;
if
they unite
against me and attack
me, I and
my
household
will be destroyed. ”
They said
, "
Should he deal
with
our sister as
with
a prostitute? "
But
they replied
, “
Should he have
treated
our sister like
a prostitute? ”
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