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The Dinah Incident
1Now ⚓Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he ⚓took her and lay with her, and violated her.
3His soul was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to the young woman.
4So Shechem ⚓spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”
5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob ⚓held his peace until they came.
6Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he ⚓had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, ⚓a thing which ought not to be done.
8But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
9And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves.
10So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it.”
11Then Shechem said to her father and her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.
12Ask me ever so much ⚓dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”
13But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke ⚓deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
14And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is ⚓uncircumcised, for ⚓that would be a reproach to us.
15But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is circumcised,
16then 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.
17But if you will not heed us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and be gone.”
18And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
19So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was⚓more honorable than all the household of his father.
20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the ⚓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.
22Only 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.
23Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.”
24And all who ⚓went out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son; every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
25Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, ⚓Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males.
26And they ⚓killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out.
27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.
28They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field,
29and all their wealth. All their little ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that was in the houses.
30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ⚓“You have ⚓troubled me ⚓by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; ⚓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.”
31But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a harlot?”
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底拿受辱
1利亚给雅各所生的女儿底拿出去，要探望那地的女子们。
2那地的族长希未人哈抹的儿子示剑看见她，就拉住她，与她同寝，玷辱了她。
3示剑的心喜欢雅各的女儿底拿，爱上这少女，甜言蜜语地安慰她。
4示剑对他父亲哈抹说：“求你为我聘这女孩为妻。”
5雅各听见示剑污辱了他的女儿底拿。那时他的儿子们正和牲畜在田野，雅各就沉默，等他们回来。
6示剑的父亲哈抹出来，到雅各那里，要和他讲话。
7雅各的儿子们听见这事，就从田野回来，人人悲愤，十分恼怒，因示剑在以色列中做了丑事，与雅各的女儿同寝，这本是不该做的事。
8哈抹和他们谈话，说：“我儿子示剑的心喜欢你们家的女儿，请你们把她嫁给我的儿子。
9你们与我们彼此结亲；你们可以把你们家的女儿嫁给我们，也可以娶我们家的女儿。
10你们与我们同住吧！这地都在你们面前，只管在这里居住，做买卖，置产业。”
11示剑对女子的父亲和兄弟们说：“愿你们看得起我，你们向我要什么，我必给你们，
12无论向我要多贵重的聘金和礼物，我必照你们所说的给你们，只要你们将这少女嫁给我。”
13雅各的儿子们因示剑污辱了他们的妹妹底拿，就用诡诈的话回答示剑和他父亲哈抹，
14对他们说：“我们不能做这样的事，把我们的妹妹嫁给没有受割礼的人为妻，因为那是我们的羞耻。
15惟有一个条件，我们才答应你们，就是你们所有的男丁都要受割礼，和我们一样，
16我们就把我们家的女儿嫁给你们，也娶你们家的女儿；我们就与你们同住，大家成为一族人。
17倘若你们不听从我们受割礼，我们就带我们家的女儿走了。”
18这些话在哈抹和他儿子示剑的眼中看为美。
19那年轻人毫不迟延做这事，因为他爱上了雅各的女儿；他在他父亲家中也是最受人尊重的。
20哈抹和他儿子示剑到他们的城门口，对城里的人讲说：
21“这些人对我们友善，不如允许他们在这地居住，做买卖；看哪，这地宽阔，足以容纳他们。我们可以娶他们家的女儿，也可以把我们家的女儿嫁给他们。
22惟有一个条件，这些人才答应和我们同住，成为一族人，就是我们中间所有的男丁都要受割礼，和他们一样。
23他们的牲畜、财物和一切的牲口岂不都归给我们吗？只要答应他们，他们就与我们同住。”
24凡从城门出入的人都听从了哈抹和他儿子示剑的话。于是，凡从城门出入的男丁都受了割礼。
25到第三天，他们正疼痛的时候，雅各的两个儿子，就是底拿的哥哥西缅和利未，各拿刀剑，不动声色地来到城中，把所有的男丁都杀了，
26又用刀杀了哈抹和他儿子示剑，把底拿从示剑家里带走，就离开了。
27雅各的儿子们因为他们的妹妹受污辱，就来到被杀的人那里，洗劫那城，
28夺走了他们的羊群、牛群和驴，以及城里和田间所有的；
29又俘掳抢劫他们一切的财物、孩童、妇女，以及房屋中所有的。
30雅各对西缅和利未说：“你们连累了我，使我在这地的居民中，就是在迦南人和比利洗人中坏了名声。我的人丁稀少，他们必聚集来击杀我，我和全家的人都要被灭绝。”
31他们却说：“他岂可待我们的妹妹如同妓女呢？”