34:1 Egressa est autem Dina filia Liæ ut videret mulieres regionis illius.

34:1 And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.

34:2 Quam cum vidisset Sichem filius Hemor Hevæi, princeps terræ illius, adamavit eam : et rapuit, et dormivit cum illa, vi opprimens virginem.

34:2 And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.

34:3 Et conglutinata est anima ejus cum ea, tristemque delinivit blanditiis.

34:3 And his soul was fast knit unto her; and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.

34:4 Et pergens ad Hemor patrem suum : Accipe, inquit, mihi puellam hanc conjugem.

34:4 And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

34:5 Quod cum audisset Jacob absentibus filiis, et in pastu pecorum occupatis, siluit donec redirent.

34:5 But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back.

34:6 Egresso autem Hemor patre Sichem ut loqueretur ad Jacob,

34:6 And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,

34:7 ecce filii ejus veniebant de agro : auditoque quod acciderat, irati sunt valde, eo quod fœdam rem operatus esset in Israël et, violata filia Jacob, rem illicitam perpetrasset.

34:7 Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter.

34:8 Locutus est itaque Hemor ad eos : Sichem filii mei adhæsit anima filiæ vestræ : date eam illi uxorem :

34:8 And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

34:9 et jungamus vicissim connubia : filias vestras tradite nobis, et filias nostras accipite,

34:9 And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters, and take you our daughters.

34:10 et habitate nobiscum : terra in potestate vestra est : exercete, negotiamini, et possidete eam.

34:10 And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.

34:11 Sed et Sichem ad patrem et ad fratres ejus ait : Inveniam gratiam coram vobis : et quæcumque statueritis, dabo :

34:11 Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favour in your sight, and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give:

34:12 augete dotem, et munera postulate, et libenter tribuam quod petieritis : tantum date mihi puellam hanc uxorem.

34:12 Raise the dowry, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

34:13 Responderunt filii Jacob Sichem et patri ejus in dolo, sævientes ob stuprum sororis :

34:13 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

34:14 Non possumus facere quod petitis, nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso : quod illicitum et nefarium est apud nos.

34:14 We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; which with us is unlawful and abominable.

34:15 Sed in hoc valebimus fœderari, si volueritis esse similes nostri, et circumcidatur in vobis omne masculini sexus ;

34:15 But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

34:16 tunc dabimus et accipiemus mutuo filias vestras ac nostras : et habitabimus vobiscum, erimusque unus populus.

34:16 Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours; and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:

34:17 Si autem circumcidi nolueritis, tollemus filiam nostram, et recedemus.

34:17 But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.

34:18 Placuit oblatio eorum Hemor, et Sichem filio ejus,

34:18 Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem, his son:

34:19 nec distulit adolescens quin statim quod petebatur expleret : amabat enim puellam valde, et ipse erat inclytus in omni domo patris sui.

34:19 And the young man made no delay, but forthwith fulfilled what was required: for he loved the damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man in all his father's house.

34:20 Ingressique portam urbis, locuti sunt ad populum :

34:20 And going into the gate of the city, they spoke to the people:

34:21 Viri isti pacifici sunt, et volunt habitare nobiscum : negotientur in terra, et exerceant eam, quæ spatiosa et lata cultoribus indiget : filias eorum accipiemus uxores, et nostras illis dabimus.

34:21 These men are peaceable, and are willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours.

34:22 Unum est quo differtur tantum bonum : si circumcidamus masculos nostros, ritum gentis imitantes.

34:22 One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

34:23 Et substantia eorum, et pecora, et cuncta quæ possident, nostra erunt : tantum in hoc acquiescamus, et habitantes simul, unum efficiemus populum.

34:23 And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours; only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.

34:24 Assensique sunt omnes, circumcisis cunctis maribus.

34:24 And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

34:25 Et ecce, die tertio, quando gravissimus vulnerum dolor est : arreptis duo filii Jacob, Simeon et Levi fratres Dinæ, gladiis, ingressi sunt urbem confidenter : interfectisque omnibus masculis,

34:25 And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest: two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city and slew all the men.

34:26 Hemor et Sichem pariter necaverunt, tollentes Dinam de domo Sichem sororem suam.

34:26 And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina out of Sichem's house.

34:27 Quibus egressis, irruerunt super occisos ceteri filii Jacob : et depopulati sunt urbem in ultionem stupri.

34:27 And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.

34:28 Oves eorum, et armenta, et asinos, cunctaque vastantes quæ in domibus et in agris erant,

34:28 And they took their sheep, and their herds, and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in their fields.

34:29 parvulos quoque eorum et uxores duxerunt captivas.

34:29 And their children and wives they took captive.

34:30 Quibus patratis audacter, Jacob dixit ad Simeon et Levi : Turbastis me, et odiosum fecistis me Chananæis, et Pherezæis habitatoribus terræ hujus : nos pauci sumus ; illi congregati percutient me, et delebor ego, et domus mea.

34:30 And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house shall be destroyed.

34:31 Responderunt : Numquid ut scorto abuti debuere sorore nostra ?

34:31 They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?