Genesis 34
King James Version
34 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 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 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5 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.
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7 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.
8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9 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?
Genesi 34
Nuova Riveduta 2006
Rapimento di Dina. I Sichemiti massacrati da Simeone e Levi
34 (A)Dina, la figlia che Lea aveva partorita a Giacobbe, uscì per vedere le ragazze del paese. 2 Sichem, figlio di Camor l’Ivveo, principe del paese, la vide, la rapì e si unì a lei violentandola. 3 Poi egli rimase affezionato a Dina, figlia di Giacobbe; amò la giovane e parlò al cuore di lei. 4 E disse a Camor suo padre: «Dammi questa ragazza in moglie». 5 Or Giacobbe udì che quegli aveva disonorato sua figlia Dina; e siccome i suoi figli erano ai campi con il suo bestiame, Giacobbe tacque finché non furono tornati.
6 Intanto Camor, padre di Sichem, si recò da Giacobbe per parlargli. 7 I figli di Giacobbe, com’ebbero udito il fatto, tornarono dai campi; questi uomini furono addolorati e fortemente adirati perché costui aveva commesso un’infamia in[a] Israele, unendosi alla figlia di Giacobbe: cosa che non era da farsi. 8 Camor parlò loro, dicendo: «Mio figlio Sichem si è innamorato di vostra figlia; vi prego, dategliela per moglie 9 e imparentatevi con noi; dateci le vostre figlie e prendete per voi le figlie nostre. 10 Abiterete con noi e il paese sarà a vostra disposizione; fissate qui la vostra dimora, trafficate e acquistatevi delle proprietà».
11 Allora Sichem disse al padre e ai fratelli di Dina: «Possa io trovare grazia agli occhi vostri e vi darò quello che mi direte. 12 Imponetemi pure una gran dote e molti doni; io ve li darò come mi direte, ma datemi la ragazza in moglie». 13 I figli di Giacobbe risposero a Sichem e a suo padre Camor, ma parlarono loro con astuzia, perché quegli aveva disonorato Dina, loro sorella. 14 Dissero loro: «Questo non possiamo farlo; non possiamo dare nostra sorella a uno che non è circonciso; perché ciò sarebbe per noi un disonore. 15 Acconsentiremo alla vostra richiesta soltanto a questa condizione: se sarete come siamo noi, circoncidendo ogni maschio tra di voi. 16 Allora vi daremo le nostre figlie e noi ci prenderemo le figlie vostre, abiteremo con voi e diventeremo un solo popolo. 17 Ma se non volete ascoltarci e non volete farvi circoncidere, noi prenderemo la nostra figlia e ce ne andremo».
18 Le loro parole piacquero a Camor, e a Sichem, figlio di Camor. 19 Il giovane non indugiò a fare la cosa, perché amava la figlia di Giacobbe; egli era l’uomo più onorato in tutta la casa di suo padre.
20 Camor e suo figlio Sichem giunsero alla porta della loro città dicendo: 21 «Questa è gente pacifica in mezzo a noi. Rimanga pure nel paese e vi traffichi, perché esso è abbastanza ampio per loro. Noi prenderemo le loro figlie per mogli e daremo loro le nostre. 22 Ma questa gente acconsentirà ad abitare con noi per formare un solo popolo, a questa condizione: che ogni nostro maschio sia circonciso, come sono circoncisi loro. 23 I loro armenti, le loro ricchezze e tutto il loro bestiame non saranno forse nostri? Acconsentiamo alla loro richiesta ed essi abiteranno con noi».
24 Tutti quelli che erano venuti alla porta della città diedero ascolto a Camor e a suo figlio Sichem; ogni maschio si fece circoncidere, ognuno di quelli che erano venuti alla porta della città. 25 Ma il terzo giorno, mentre quelli erano sofferenti, due dei figli di Giacobbe, Simeone e Levi, fratelli di Dina, presero ciascuno la propria spada, assalirono la città che si riteneva sicura, e uccisero tutti i maschi. 26 Passarono a fil di spada anche Camor e suo figlio Sichem, presero Dina dalla casa di Sichem e uscirono. 27 I figli di Giacobbe si gettarono sugli uccisi e saccheggiarono la città, perché la loro sorella era stata disonorata; 28 presero le loro greggi, i loro armenti, i loro asini, quanto era nella città e nei campi. 29 Portarono via come bottino tutte le loro ricchezze, tutti i loro bambini, le loro mogli e tutto quello che si trovava nelle case.
30 Allora Giacobbe disse a Simeone e a Levi: «Voi mi causate grande angoscia, mettendomi in cattiva luce davanti agli abitanti del paese, ai Cananei e ai Ferezei. Io non ho che pochi uomini; essi si raduneranno contro di me, mi piomberanno addosso e sarò distrutto io con la mia casa». 31 Ed essi risposero: «Nostra sorella dovrebbe forse essere trattata come una prostituta?»
Footnotes
- Genesi 34:7 In, altra traduzione possibile contro.
Genesis 34
New King James Version
The Dinah Incident
34 Now (A)Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he (B)took her and lay with her, and violated her. 3 His soul [a]was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke [b]kindly to the young woman. 4 So Shechem (C)spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob (D)held[c] his peace until they came. 6 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he (E)had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, (F)a thing which ought not to be done. 8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. 9 And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves. 10 So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it.”
11 Then Shechem said to her father and her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give. 12 Ask me ever so much (G)dowry[d] and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”
13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke (H)deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister. 14 And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is (I)uncircumcised, for (J)that would be a reproach to us. 15 But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is circumcised, 16 then we will 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 But if you will not heed us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and be gone.”
18 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. 19 So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was (K)more honorable than all the household of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the (L)gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying: 21 “These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it. For indeed the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men consent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised. 23 Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.” 24 And all who went out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son; every male was circumcised, all who (M)went out of the gate of his city.
25 Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, (N)Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males. 26 And they (O)killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field, 29 and all their wealth. All their little ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that was in the houses.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, (P)“You have (Q)troubled me (R)by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; (S)and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”
31 But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a harlot?”
Footnotes
- Genesis 34:3 Lit. clung to
- Genesis 34:3 tenderly
- Genesis 34:5 kept silent
- Genesis 34:12 bride-price
Genèse 34
Louis Segond
34 Dina, la fille que Léa avait enfantée à Jacob, sortit pour voir les filles du pays.
2 Elle fut aperçue de Sichem, fils de Hamor, prince du pays. Il l'enleva, coucha avec elle, et la déshonora.
3 Son coeur s'attacha à Dina, fille de Jacob; il aima la jeune fille, et sut parler à son coeur.
4 Et Sichem dit à Hamor, son père: Donne-moi cette jeune fille pour femme.
5 Jacob apprit qu'il avait déshonoré Dina, sa fille; et, comme ses fils étaient aux champs avec son troupeau, Jacob garda le silence jusqu'à leur retour.
6 Hamor, père de Sichem, se rendit auprès de Jacob pour lui parler.
7 Et les fils de Jacob revenaient des champs, lorsqu'ils apprirent la chose; ces hommes furent irrités et se mirent dans une grande colère, parce que Sichem avait commis une infamie en Israël, en couchant avec la fille de Jacob, ce qui n'aurait pas dû se faire.
8 Hamor leur adressa ainsi la parole: Le coeur de Sichem, mon fils, s'est attaché à votre fille; donnez-la-lui pour femme, je vous prie.
9 Alliez-vous avec nous; vous nous donnerez vos filles, et vous prendrez pour vous les nôtres.
10 Vous habiterez avec nous, et le pays sera à votre disposition; restez, pour y trafiquer et y acquérir des propriétés.
11 Sichem dit au père et aux frères de Dina: Que je trouve grâce à vos yeux, et je donnerai ce que vous me direz.
12 Exigez de moi une forte dot et beaucoup de présents, et je donnerai ce que vous me direz; mais accordez-moi pour femme la jeune fille.
13 Les fils de Jacob répondirent et parlèrent avec ruse à Sichem et à Hamor, son père, parce que Sichem avait déshonoré Dina, leur soeur.
14 Ils leur dirent: C'est une chose que nous ne pouvons pas faire, que de donner notre soeur à un homme incirconcis; car ce serait un opprobre pour nous.
15 Nous ne consentirons à votre désir qu'à la condition que vous deveniez comme nous, et que tout mâle parmi vous soit circoncis.
16 Nous vous donnerons alors nos filles, et nous prendrons pour nous les vôtres; nous habiterons avec vous, et nous formerons un seul peuple.
17 Mais si vous ne voulez pas nous écouter et vous faire circoncire, nous prendrons notre fille, et nous nous en irons.
18 Leurs paroles eurent l'assentiment de Hamor et de Sichem, fils de Hamor.
19 Le jeune homme ne tarda pas à faire la chose, car il aimait la fille de Jacob. Il était considéré de tous dans la maison de son père.
20 Hamor et Sichem, son fils, se rendirent à la porte de leur ville, et ils parlèrent ainsi aux gens de leur ville:
21 Ces hommes sont paisibles à notre égard; qu'ils restent dans le pays, et qu'ils y trafiquent; le pays est assez vaste pour eux. Nous prendrons pour femmes leurs filles, et nous leur donnerons nos filles.
22 Mais ces hommes ne consentiront à habiter avec nous, pour former un seul peuple, qu'à la condition que tout mâle parmi nous soit circoncis, comme ils sont eux-mêmes circoncis.
23 Leurs troupeaux, leurs biens et tout leur bétail, ne seront-ils pas à nous? Acceptons seulement leur condition, pour qu'ils restent avec nous.
24 Tous ceux qui étaient venus à la porte de la ville écoutèrent Hamor et Sichem, son fils; et tous les mâles se firent circoncire, tous ceux qui étaient venus à la porte de la ville.
25 Le troisième jour, pendant qu'ils étaient souffrants, les deux fils de Jacob, Siméon et Lévi, frères de Dina, prirent chacun leur épée, tombèrent sur la ville qui se croyait en sécurité, et tuèrent tous les mâles.
26 Ils passèrent aussi au fil de l'épée Hamor et Sichem, son fils; ils enlevèrent Dina de la maison de Sichem, et sortirent.
27 Les fils de Jacob se jetèrent sur les morts, et pillèrent la ville, parce qu'on avait déshonoré leur soeur.
28 Ils prirent leurs troupeaux, leurs boeufs et leurs ânes, ce qui était dans la ville et ce qui était dans les champs;
29 ils emmenèrent comme butin toutes leurs richesses, leurs enfants et leurs femmes, et tout ce qui se trouvait dans les maisons.
30 Alors Jacob dit à Siméon et à Lévi: Vous me troublez, en me rendant odieux aux habitants du pays, aux Cananéens et aux Phérésiens. Je n'ai qu'un petit nombre d'hommes; et ils se rassembleront contre moi, ils me frapperont, et je serai détruit, moi et ma maison.
31 Ils répondirent: Traitera-t-on notre soeur comme une prostituée?
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