Genesis 34

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Dinah, the daughter whom Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit some of the women of the land.	1 And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.
2 When Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, who was chief of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.	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.
3 Since he was strongly attracted to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, indeed was really in love with the girl, he endeavored to win her affection.	3 And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.
4 Shechem also asked his father Hamor, "Get me this girl for a wife."	4 And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.
5 Meanwhile, Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah; but since his sons were out in the fields with his livestock, he held his peace until they came home.	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.
6 Now Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to discuss the matter with Jacob,	6 And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,
7 just as Jacob's sons were coming in from the fields. When they heard the news, the men were shocked and seethed with indignation. What Shechem had done was an outrage in Israel; such a thing could not be tolerated.	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,
8 Hamor appealed to them, saying: "My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him in marriage.	8 And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:
9 Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.	9 And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters and take you our daughters,
10 Thus you can live among us. The land is open before you; you can settle and move about freely in it, and acquire landed property here."	10 And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade,and possess it.
11 Then Shechem, too, appealed to Dinah's father and brothers: "Do me this favor, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.	11 Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favor in your sight: and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give.
12 No matter how high you set the bridal price, I will pay you whatever you ask; only give me the maiden in marriage."	12 Raise the dowery,, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.
13 Jacob's sons replied to Shechem and his father Hamor with guile, speaking as they did because their sister Dinah had been defiled.	13 The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:
14 "We could not do such a thing," they said, "as to give our sister to an uncircumcised man; that would be a disgrace for us.	14 We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.
15 We will agree with you only on this condition, that you become like us by having every male among you circumcised.	15 But in this way may we be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:
16 Then we will give you our daughters and take yours in marriage; we will settle among you and become one kindred people with you.	16 Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:
17 But if you do not comply with our terms regarding circumcision, we will take our daughter and go away."	17 But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart:
18 Their proposal seemed fair to Hamor and his son Shechem.	18 Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son:
19 The young man lost no time in acting in the matter, since he was deeply in love with Jacob's daughter. Moreover he was more highly respected than anyone else in his clan.	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.
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to their town council and thus presented the matter to their fellow townsmen:	20 And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:
21 "These men are friendly toward us. Let them settle in the land and move about in it freely; there is ample room in the country for them. We can marry their daughters and give our daughters to them in marriage.	21 These men are peaceable and 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.
22 But the men will agree to live with us and form one kindred people with us only on this condition, that every male among us be circumcised as they themselves are.	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.
23 Would not the livestock they have acquired--all their animals--then be ours? Let us, therefore, give in to them, so that they may settle among us."	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.
24 All the able-bodied men of the town agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and all the males, including every able-bodied man in the community, were circumcised.	24 And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.
25 On the third day, while they were still in pain, Dinah's full brothers Simeon and Levi, two of Jacob's sons, took their swords, advanced against the city without any trouble, and massacred all the males.	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:
26 After they had put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword, they took Dinah from Shechem's house and left.	26 And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem's house.
27 Then the other sons of Jacob followed up the slaughter and sacked the city in reprisal for their sister Dinah's defilement.	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.
28 They seized their flocks, herds and asses, whatever was in the city and in the country around.	28 And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields.
29 They carried off all their wealth, their women, and their children, and took for loot whatever was in the houses.	29 and their children and wives they took captive,
30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: "You have brought trouble upon me by making me loathsome to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I have so few men that, if these people unite against me and attack me, I and my family will be wiped out."	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.
31 But they retorted, "Should our sister have been treated like a harlot?"	31 They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?