Genesis 34 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants. Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.
2 And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took her and lay with her, and humbled her. And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.
3 And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel. And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her. His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.
4 Sychem spoke to Emmor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife. So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl for my wife.” And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”
5 And Jacob heard that the son of Emmor had defiled Dina his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the plain). And Jacob was silent until they came. Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came. When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.
6 And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him. And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.
7 And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because the man wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it must not be. The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing must not be done. Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
8 And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife, But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife. But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
9 and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons. 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.
10 And dwell in the midst of us; and, behold, the land is spacious before you, dwell in it, and trade, and get possessions in it. You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.” You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade in it, and acquire property in it.”
11 And Sychem said to her father and to her brothers, I would find grace before you, and we will give whatever ye shall name. Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give. Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.
12 Multiply your demand of dowry very much, and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife. Ask me for as great a bride-price and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.” Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”
13 And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina their sister. The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah. Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.
14 And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us. They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.
15 Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell among you, if ye also will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised. Only on this condition will we agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among you being circumcised. We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.
16 And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race. Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people. Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.
17 But if ye will not hearken to us to be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart. But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.” But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”
18 And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor. Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem. Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
19 And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob's daughter, and he was the most honourable of all in his father's house. And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father’s house. The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
20 And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying, So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.
21 These men are peaceable, let them dwell with us upon the land, and let them trade in it, and behold the land is extensive before them; we will take their daughters to us for wives, and we will give them our daughters. “These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters. “These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.
22 Only on these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised. Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us to become one people—when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised. But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.
23 And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their possessions, be ours? only in this let us conform to them, and they will dwell with us. Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.” Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”
24 And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male. And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, 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 agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.
25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male. On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males. Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.
26 And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth. They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and went away. They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.
27 But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister. The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister. The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where their sister had been defiled.
28 And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were in the plain. They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.
29 And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives, and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses. All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and plundered. They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.
30 And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against me and cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house. Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.” Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
31 And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot? But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?” But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
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