Genesis 34

vattetse dinah bat-le'ah asher yaledah leya'aqov lirot bivnot ha'arets

Now Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

vayyar otah shekhem ben-khamor hakhivvi nesi ha'arets vayyiqqakh otah vayyishkav otah vaye'anneha

Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, chief of the country, saw her, and took her and lay with her and disgraced her.

vattidbaq nafsho bedinah bat-ya'aqov vayye'ehav et-hanna'ara vayedabber al-lev hanna'ara

Being strongly drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and in love with the maiden, he spoke to the maiden tenderly.

vayyomer shekhem el-khamor aviv lemor qakh-li et-hayyaldah hazzot le'isha

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

veya'aqov shama ki timme et-dinah vitto uvanayw hayu et-miqnehu bassadeh vehekherish ya'aqov ad-bo'am

Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah; but since his sons were in the field with his cattle, Jacob kept silent until they came home.

vayyetse khamor avi-shekhem el-ya'aqov ledabber itto

Then Shechem’s father Hamor came out to Jacob to speak to him.

uvene ya'aqov ba'u min-hassadeh keshomam vayyitatsevu ha'anashim vayyikhar lahem me'od ki-nevalah asah veyisra'el lishkav et-bat-ya'aqov vekhen lo ye'aseh

Meanwhile Jacob’s sons, having heard the news, came in from the field. They were distressed and very angry, because he had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing not to be done.

vayedabber khamor ittam lemor shekhem beni khasheqah nafsho bevittekhem tenu na otah lo le'isha

And Hamor spoke with them, saying, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him in marriage.

vehitkhattenu otanu benotekhem tittenu-lanu ve'et-benotenu tiqkhu lakhem

Intermarry with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves:

ve'ittanu teshevu veha'arets tihyeh lifnekhem shevu usekharuha vehe'akhazu bah

You will dwell among us, and the land will be open before you; settle, move about, and acquire holdings in it.”

vayyomer shekhem el-aviha ve'el-akheha emtsa-khen be'enekhem va'asher tomeru elay etten

Then Shechem said to her father and brothers, “Do me this favor, and I will pay whatever you tell me.

harbu alay me'od mohar umattan ve'ettenah ka'asher tomeru elay utenu-li et-hanna'ara le'isha

Ask of me a bride-price ever so high, as well as gifts, and I will pay what you tell me; only give me the maiden for a wife.”

vayya'anu vene-ya'aqov et-shekhem ve'et-khamor aviv bemirmah vayedabberu asher timme et dinah akhotam

Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor—speaking with guile because he had defiled their sister Dinah—

vayyomeru alehem lo nukhal la'asot haddavar hazzeh latet et-akhotenu le'ish asher-lo orlah ki-kherpah hiv lanu

and said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that is a disgrace among us.

akh-bezot ne'ot lakhem im tihyu khamonu lehimmol lakhem kol-zakhar

Only on this condition will we agree with you; that you will become like us in that every male among you is circumcised.

venatannu et-benotenu lakhem ve'et-benotekhem niqqakh-lanu veyashavnu ittekhem vehayinu le'am ekhad

Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to ourselves; and we will dwell among you and become as one kindred.

ve'im-lo tishme'u elenu lehimmol velaqakhnu et-bittenu vehalakhenu

But if you will not listen to us and become circumcised, we will take our daughter and go.”

vayyitevu divrehem be'ene khamor uve'ene shekhem ben-khamor

Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem.

velo-ekhar hanna'ar la'asot haddavar ki khafets bevat-ya'aqov vehu nikhbad mikkol bet aviv

And the youth lost no time in doing the thing, for he wanted Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most respected in his father’s house.

vayyavo khamor ushekhem beno el-sha'ar iram vayedabberu el-anshe iram lemor

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the public place of their town and spoke to their fellow townsmen, saying,

ha'anashim ha'elleh shelemim hem ittanu veyeshevu va'arets veyiskharu otah veha'arets hinneh rakhavat-yadayim lifnehem et-benotam niqqakh-lanu lenashim ve'et-benotenu nitten lahem

“These people are our friends; let them settle in the land and move about in it, for the land is large enough for them; we will take their daughters to ourselves as wives and give our daughters to them.

akh-bezot ye'otu lanu ha'anashim lashevet ittanu lihyot le'am ekhad behimmol lanu kol-zakhar ka'asher hem nimmolim

But only on this condition will they agree with us to dwell among us and be as one kindred: that all our males become circumcised as they are circumcised.

miqnehem veqinyanam vekhol-behemtam halo lanu hem akh ne'otah lahem veyeshevu ittanu

Their cattle and substance and all their other animals will be ours, if we only agree to their terms, so that they will settle among us.”

vayyishme'u el-khamor ve'el-shekhem beno kol-yotse'e sha'ar iro vayyimmolu kol-zakhar kol-yotse'e sha'ar iro

All his fellow townsmen heeded Hamor and his son Shechem, and all males, all his fellow townsmen, were circumcised.

vayehi vayyom hashelishi bihyotam ko'avim vayyiqkhu shene-vene-ya'aqov shimon velevi akhe dinah ish kharbo vayyavo'u al-ha'ir betakh vayyahargu kol-zakhar

On the third day, when they were in pain, Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob’s sons, brothers of Dinah, took each his sword, came upon the city unmolested, and slew all the males.

ve'et-khamor ve'et-shekhem beno haregu lefi-kharev vayyiqkhu et-dinah mibbet shekhem vayyetse'u

They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

bene ya'aqov ba'u al-hakhalalim vayyavozzu ha'ir asher timme'u akhotam

The other sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the town, because their sister had been defiled.

et-tsonam ve'et-beqaram ve'et-khamorehem ve'et asher-ba'ir ve'et-asher bassadeh laqakhu

They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys, all that was inside the town and outside;

ve'et-kol-khelam ve'et-kol-tappam ve'et-neshehem shavu vayyavozzu ve'et kol-asher babbayit

all their wealth, all their children, and their wives, all that was in the houses, they took as captives and booty.

vayyomer ya'aqov el-shimon ve'el-levi akhartem oti lehavisheni beyoshev ha'arets bakkena'ani uvapperizzi va'ani mete mispar vene'esfu alay vehikkuni venishmadti ani uveti

Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me, making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites; my men are few in number, so that if they unite against me and attack me, I and my house will be destroyed.”

vayyomeru hakhzonah ya'aseh et-akhotenu

But they answered, “Should our sister be treated like a whore?”