Genesis 34

1 Egressa est autem Dina filia Liæ ut videret mulieres regionis illius.

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

2 Quam cum vidisset Sichem filius Hemor Hevæi, princeps terræ illius, adamavit eam: et rapuit, et dormivit cum illa, vi opprimens virginem.

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.

3 Et conglutinata est anima eius cum ea, tristemque delinivit blanditiis.

And his soul cleaved to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel.

4 Et pergens ad Hemor patrem suum, Accipe, inquit, mihi puellam hanc coniugem.

And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel for a wife.

5 Quod cum audisset Iacob, absentibus filiis, et in pastu pecorum occupatis, siluit donec redirent.

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 had come.

6 Egresso autem Hemor patre Sichem ut loqueretur ad Iacob,

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

7 ecce filii eius veniebant de agro: auditoque quod acciderat, irati sunt valde, eo quod fœdam rem operatus esset in Israel et, violata filia Iacob, rem illicitam perpetrasset.

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

8 Locutus est itaque Hemor ad eos: Sichem filii mei adhæsit anima filiæ vestræ: date eam illi uxorem:

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

9 et iungamus vicissim connubia: filias vestras tradite nobis, et filias nostras accipite.

And make ye marriages with us, give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to 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 in it, and get you possessions in it.

11 Sed et Sichem ad patrem et ad fratres eius ait: Inveniam gratiam coram vobis: et quæcumque statueritis, dabo:

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

12 augete dotem, et munera postulate, et libenter 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 to me: but give me the damsel for a wife.

13 Responderunt filii Iacob Sichem et patri eius in dolo, sævientes ob stuprum sororis:

And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

14 Non possumus facere quod petitis, nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso: quod illicitum et nefarium est apud nos.

And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach to us:

15 Sed in hoc valebimus fœderari, si volueritis esse similes nostri, et circumcidatur in vobis omne masculini sexus;

But in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you shall be circumcised;

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

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 si autem circumcidi nolueritis, tollemus filiam nostram, et recedemus.

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

18 Placuit oblatio eorum Hemor, et Sichem filio eius:

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

19 nec distulit adolescens quin statim quod petebatur expleret: amabat enim puellam valde, et ipse erat inclytus 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 more honourable than all the house of his father.

20 Ingressique portam urbis, locuti sunt ad populum:

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

21 Viri isti pacifici sunt, et volunt habitare nobiscum: negotientur in terra, et exerceant eam, quæ 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 in it; 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.

22 Unum est quo differtur tantum bonum: Si circumcidamus masculos nostros, ritum gentis imitantes.

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

23 Et substantia eorum, et pecora, et cuncta quæ possident, nostra erunt: tantum in hoc acquiescamus, et habitantes simul, unum efficiemus populum.

Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

24 Assensique sunt omnes, circumcisis cunctis maribus.

And to Hamor and to 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 filii Iacob, Simeon et Levi fratres Dinæ, 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 boldly, and slew all the males.

26 Hemor et Sichem pariter necaverunt, tollentes Dinam de domo Sichem 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 out.

27 Quibus egressis, irruerunt 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 quæ in domibus et in agris erant,

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

29 parvulos quoque eorum et uxores duxerunt captivas.

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

30 Quibus patratis audacter, Iacob dixit ad Simeon et Levi: Turbastis me, et odiosum fecistis me Chananæis, et Pherezæis habitatoribus terræ 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 odious 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.

31 Responderunt: Numquid ut scorto abuti debuere sorore nostra?

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