Genesis 34
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Dinah Defiled
34 Leah’s daughter(A) Dinah, whom Leah bore to Jacob, went out to see some of the young women of the area. 2 When Shechem – son of Hamor the Hivite, who was the region’s chieftain – saw her, he took her and raped her. 3 He became infatuated with Jacob’s daughter Dinah. He loved the young girl and spoke tenderly to her.[a] 4 ‘Get me this girl as a wife,’(B) he told his father.
5 Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent until they returned. 6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob. 7 Jacob’s sons returned from the field when they heard about the incident. They were deeply grieved and very angry, for Shechem had committed an outrage against Israel by raping Jacob’s daughter,(C) and such a thing should not be done.
8 Hamor said to Jacob’s sons, ‘My son Shechem has his heart set on your[b] daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. 9 Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 Live with us. The land is before you. Settle here, move about, and acquire property in it.’
11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, ‘Grant me this favour,[c] and I’ll give you whatever you say. 12 Demand of me a high compensation[d] and gift; I’ll give you whatever you ask me. Only give the girl to be my wife! ’
13 But Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah. 14 ‘We cannot do this thing,’ they said to them. ‘Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us. 15 We will agree with you only on this condition: if all your males are circumcised as we are.(D) 16 Then we will give you our daughters, take your daughters for ourselves, live with you, and become one people. 17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.’
18 Their words seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem. 19 The young man did not delay doing this, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most important in all his father’s family. 20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city(E) and spoke to the men of their city.
21 ‘These men are peaceful towards us,’ they said. ‘Let them live in our land and move about in it, for indeed, the region is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters as our wives and give our daughters to them. 22 But the men will agree to live with us and be one people only on this condition: if all our men are circumcised as they are. 23 Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let’s agree with them, and they will live with us.’
24 All the men(F) who had come to the city gates listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and all those men were circumcised. 25 On the third day, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi,(G) Dinah’s brothers, took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and killed every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went away. 27 Jacob’s sons came to the slaughter and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field. 29 They captured all their possessions, dependents, and wives and plundered everything in the houses.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ‘You have brought trouble on me,(H) making me odious to the inhabitants of the land,(I) the Canaanites and the Perizzites.(J) We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.’(K)
31 But they answered, ‘Should he treat our sister like a prostitute? ’
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?
1 Moseboken 34
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Jakobs söner hämnas
34 En dag gick Dina, den dotter Lea fött åt Jakob, för att besöka flickorna i trakten. 2 När hivén Shekem, fursten Hamors son, fick se henne, tog han henne med sig. Han låg med henne och kränkte henne. 3 Han blev djupt förälskad i henne och försökte vinna hennes kärlek. 4 Sedan talade han med sin far Hamor om detta. ”Se till att jag får gifta mig med den där flickan.”
5 Jakob fick snart veta att hans dotter blivit vanärad, men eftersom hans söner var ute på fälten med boskapen, höll han tyst om saken tills de återvänt hem. 6 Under tiden gick fursten Hamor, Shekems far, till Jakob för att tala om saken. 7 När Jakobs söner kom tillbaka från fälten, fick de höra om det inträffade. De blev förtvivlade och greps av vrede eftersom det var en skamlig gärning Shekem hade begått i Israel när han låg med Jakobs dotter. Sådant får inte ske.
8 Hamor sa till dem: ”Min son Shekem är verkligen kär i er syster. Låt honom få gifta sig med henne! 9 Gift in er här med oss. Låt era döttrar gifta sig med våra söner, så ska vi ge våra döttrar som hustrur åt era unga män. 10 Ni kan slå er ner var ni än vill bland oss och skaffa er ägodelar och ägna er åt affärer och bli rika.”
11 Sedan talade Shekem till Dinas far och bröder: ”Visa mig välvilja och låt mig få henne till hustru. Jag ska ge er vad ni än vill ha. 12 Det spelar ingen roll vilken hemgift eller gåva ni kräver, för jag ska betala den, bara ni ger mig flickan till hustru.”
13 Eftersom Shekem hade behandlat deras syster så illa, lurade Jakobs söner Shekem och hans far Hamor. 14 De sa nämligen: ”Vi kan inte ge vår syster till en man som inte är omskuren[a]. Det skulle vara en skam för oss. 15 Vi kan bara ge vårt samtycke på ett villkor, och det är att alla era män låter omskära sig och blir som vi. 16 Då kan vi gifta bort våra döttrar och bo här och förena oss med er, så att vi kan bli ett folk. 17 Men om ni inte vill låta omskära er, tar vi flickan med oss och flyttar härifrån.”
18 Hamor och Shekem gick med på förslaget. 19 Den unge mannen skyndade sig iväg för att göra som de hade föreslagit, för han var mycket kär i Jakobs dotter. Han var den mest ansedde i hela sin fars släkt. 20 Hamor och Shekem framträdde därför i stadsporten inför stadens män och talade till dem.
21 ”Dessa män är våra vänner”, sa de. ”Låt oss inbjuda dem att bo här i landet och röra sig fritt här. Landet är ju stort nog att rymma dem och vi kan gifta oss med deras döttrar och de med våra. 22 Men de tänker bara stanna här och bli ett folk med oss på ett villkor, och det är att vi alla låter omskära oss på samma sätt som de. 23 Om vi gör det kommer all deras boskap, allt de äger och alla deras djur att bli vårt. Låt oss göra som de vill, så att de bosätter sig här ibland oss.”
24 Alla män i staden gick med på Hamors och hans son Shekems förslag. Alla lät omskära sig, samtliga män i hela staden.
25 Men tre dagar senare, när såren var ömma, tog Jakobs två söner, Simon och Levi, Dinas bröder, sina svärd och gick in i staden och dödade utan motstånd varenda man där, 26 även Hamor och hans son Shekem. De tog med sig Dina från Shekems hus och gick sedan därifrån.
27 Sedan gick alla Jakobs söner över de slagna in till staden och plundrade den, eftersom deras syster hade vanhedrats där. 28 De tog alla får, kor och åsnor, allt som de kunde lägga beslag på, både inne i staden och ute på fälten. 29 De tog all egendom, alla kvinnor och barn och allt som fanns i husen.
30 Då sa Jakob till Simon och Levi: ”Ni har dragit olycka över mig och gjort så att alla hatar mig i hela landet, både kanaanéerna och perisséerna. Vi är så få. Om de bestämmer sig för att anfalla oss, kommer de att döda både mig och min familj.”
31 ”Skulle de då få behandla vår syster som en prostituerad?” svarade de.
Footnotes
- 34:14 Se 1 Mos 17:9-14.
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