底娜受辱

34 一天,利亞給雅各所生的女兒底娜到外面去見當地的女子。 當地首領希未人哈抹的兒子示劍看到她,就抓住她,強行玷污了她。 他戀慕雅各的女兒底娜,就用甜言蜜語討她歡心。 他求父親哈抹為他說親,把底娜娶過來。 消息傳到雅各耳中時,他的兒子們正在田野放牧。他只好忍氣吞聲,等兒子們回來再作打算。 示劍的父親哈抹來和雅各商議。 雅各的兒子們一聽說這事,就從田野趕回來。大家都非常憤怒,因為示劍不該對以色列家做這醜事——玷污雅各的女兒。

哈抹跟他們商議說:「我兒子示劍愛慕你們家的女兒,請你們把女兒嫁給他吧! 我們可以互相通婚,你們可以把女兒嫁給我們的兒子,也可以娶我們的女兒為妻。 10 你們可以在我們這裡安頓下來,這片土地就在你們面前,住在這裡做買賣、置產業吧。」 11 示劍對底娜的父親和她的弟兄們說:「請你們恩待我,你們要什麼,我都給你們。 12 只要你們答應把女兒嫁給我,無論你們要多少聘金和禮物,我必如數奉上。」

雅各之子計殺示劍人

13 雅各的兒子們因為示劍玷污了他們的妹妹底娜,就假意對示劍和他的父親哈抹說: 14 「我們不能把妹妹嫁給沒有受過割禮的人,這對我們是一種羞辱。 15 除非你們所有的男子都跟我們一樣受割禮, 16 我們才能答應和你們通婚,共同生活,結成一個民族。 17 如果你們不肯這樣做,我們就把妹妹帶走。」

18 哈抹父子欣然答應。 19 示劍毫不遲延地照辦,因為他熱戀底娜。在哈抹家族中,他最受人尊重。 20 哈抹父子來到城門口,對那城的居民說: 21 「這些人跟我們相處和睦,就讓他們在這裡定居、做買賣吧。我們這裡有足夠的地方可以容納他們,我們可以和他們通婚。 22 可是,他們有一個條件,就是要我們所有的男子和他們一樣接受割禮,他們才答應和我們一起生活,結成一個民族。 23 到時候,他們的財產和牛羊等所有牲畜不全歸我們了嗎?我們同意他們吧,這樣他們就會在我們這裡定居。」 24 在城門進出的人聽了哈抹父子的話,都表示贊同。於是,城裡的男子都接受了割禮。

25 到了第三天,他們傷口正疼痛的時候,雅各的兩個兒子——底娜的哥哥西緬和利未拿著利劍,乘眾人沒有防備,潛入城中,殺掉了所有的男子, 26 包括哈抹和示劍,從示劍家裡帶走了底娜。 27 雅各的兒子又到城裡擄掠,因為他們的妹妹在那裡被人玷污。 28 他們搶走牛群、羊群、驢群和城裡城外所有的東西, 29 並帶走所有財物、婦孺以及房屋裡的一切。 30 雅各責備西緬和利未說:「你們為什麼要給我惹麻煩,使我在當地的迦南人和比利洗人中留下臭名呢?我們人數很少,要是他們聯手來攻擊我們,我們全家必遭滅門之禍。」 31 他們說:「他怎麼能把我們的妹妹當妓女對待?」

Dinah Is Raped

34 Dinah, daughter of Leah and Jacob, went out to visit some of the Canaanite women. When Shechem, son of the local ruler Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her. He became very fond of Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.

So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl for my wife.”

Jacob heard that Shechem had dishonored his daughter Dinah. His sons were with his livestock out in the open country, so Jacob kept quiet until they came home.

So Shechem’s father Hamor came to Jacob to speak with him. Jacob’s sons came in from the open country as soon as they heard the news. The men felt outraged and very angry because Shechem had committed such a godless act against Israel’s family by raping Jacob’s daughter. This shouldn’t have happened.

Hamor told them. “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please let her marry him. Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take ours for yourselves. 10 You can live with us, and the land will be yours. Live here, move about freely in this area, and acquire property here.”

11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and her brothers, “Do me this favor. I’ll give you whatever you ask. 12 Set the price I must pay for the bride and the gift I must give her as high as you want. I’ll pay exactly what you tell me. Give me the girl as my wife.”

13 Then Jacob’s sons gave Shechem and his father Hamor a misleading answer because he had dishonored their sister Dinah. 14 They said, “We can’t do this. We can’t give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised. That would be a disgrace to us! 15 We will give our consent to you only on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as we are. 16 Then we’ll give our daughters to you and take yours for ourselves, and we’ll live with you and become one people. 17 If you won’t agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our daughter and go.”

18 Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. 19 The young man didn’t waste any time in doing what they said because he took such pleasure in Jacob’s daughter. He was the most honored person in all his father’s family.

20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to their city gate to speak to the men of their city. They said, 21 “These people are friendly toward us, so let them live in our land and move about freely in the area. Look, there’s plenty of room in this land for them. We can marry their daughters and let them marry ours. 22 These people will consent to live with us and become one nation on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as they are. 23 Won’t their livestock, their personal property, and all their animals be ours? We only need to agree to do this for them. Then they’ll live with us.”

24 All the men who had come out to the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. So they were all circumcised at the city gate.

25 Two days later, while the men were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and boldly attacked the city. They killed every man 26 including Hamor and his son Shechem. They took Dinah from Shechem’s home and left. 27 Then Jacob’s sons stripped the corpses and looted the city where their sister had been dishonored. 28 They took the sheep and goats, cattle, donkeys, and whatever else was in the city or out in the fields. 29 They carried off all the wealth and all the women and children and looted everything in the houses.

30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused me a lot of trouble! You’ve made the people living in the area, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, hate me. There are only a few of us. If they join forces against me and attack me, my family and I will be wiped out.”

31 Simeon and Levi asked, “Should Shechem have been allowed to treat our sister like a prostitute?”

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

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.

And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

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.

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

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.

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

And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

10 And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

11 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.

12 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.

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

14 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:

15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

16 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.

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

18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

19 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 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

21 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.

22 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.

23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

24 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.

25 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 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 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

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

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

30 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.

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