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World English Bible
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Dinah ,
the daughter of Leah, whom
she bore
to
Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
And
Dinah the daughter of Leah, which
she bare
unto
Jacob, went out to see 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.
And
when
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country
, saw her ,
he took her, and
lay with her, and defiled
her.
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 clave
unto
Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel
, and spake
kindly unto
the damsel
.
Shechem spoke
to
his father ,
Hamor, saying, "
Get me this young
lady
as
a
wife. "
And
Shechem spake
unto
his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel
to
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
.
And
Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter :
now
his sons were with his cattle in the field :
and
Jacob held his peace until they were
come
.
Hamor the father of Shechem went out to
Jacob to talk
with him.
And
Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto
Jacob to commune
with him.
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.
And
the sons of Jacob came out
of
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.
Hamor talked
with them, saying, "
The soul of my son ,
Shechem ,
longs
for your daughter .
Please
give her to
him as
a
wife.
And
Hamor communed
with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth
for your daughter :
I
pray
you
give her him to
wife.
Make marriages with us .
Give your daughters to
us, and take our daughters for
yourselves
.
And
make ye
marriages with us ,
and
give your daughters unto
us, and take our daughters unto
you
.
You
shall dwell with us: and the land will
be before you .
Live
and trade in
it
, and get possessions in
it
. "
And
ye
shall dwell with us: and the land shall
be before you ;
dwell
and trade ye
therein
, and get you
possessions therein
.
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.
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.
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. "
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.
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with
deceit
, and spoke
, because he had defiled Dinah their sister ,
And
the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully
, and said
, because he had defiled Dinah their sister :
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 .
And they
said unto
them, We cannot
do this thing, to give our sister to one that
is uncircumcised; for that were
a reproach unto
us :
Only
on
this condition
will we consent to
you .
If you
will be as we are
, that every male of you be circumcised;
But
in
this will we consent unto
you :
If ye
will be as we be
, that every male of you be circumcised;
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 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.
But if you
will not listen
to
us, to be circumcised ,
then we
will take our sister
, and we will be gone. "
But if ye
will not hearken
unto
us, to be circumcised ;
then will we
take our daughter
, and we will be gone.
Their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem ,
Hamor's son.
And
their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
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.
And
the young man deferred
not
to do the
thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter :
and he was more
honorable
than
all the house of his father.
Hamor and Shechem ,
his son ,
came to
the gate of their city, and talked
with the men of their city, saying,
And
Hamor and Shechem his son came unto
the gate of their city, and communed
with the men of their city, saying,
"
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 peaceable
with us ;
therefore let them dwell
in the land ,
and trade therein;
for the
land
, behold, it
is large enough for them ;
let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
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.
Only herein
will the men consent unto
us for
to dwell with us, to be
one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
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. "
Shall
not
their cattle and their substance and every
beast
of
theirs
be ours? only let us consent unto
them, and they will dwell with 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.
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.
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.
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 boldly
, and slew
all the males.
They killed
Hamor and Shechem ,
his son ,
with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away
.
And
they slew
Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out
.
Jacob's
sons came on
the dead
, and plundered
the city, because they had defiled their sister.
The
sons of
Jacob
came upon
the slain
, and spoiled
the city, because they had defiled their sister.
They took their flocks
, their herds
, their donkeys
, that which was in the city, that which was in the field ;
They took their sheep
, and
their oxen
, and
their asses
, and
that which was in the city, and
that which was 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.
And all their wealth ,
and
all their little ones ,
and their wives took
they
captive
, and spoiled
even
all
that was in the house.
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. "
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 shall
gather themselves together against me ,
and slay
me ;
and I shall
be destroyed, I and my house.
They said, "
Should he deal with our sister as with a
prostitute
? "
And
they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an
harlot
?
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