Genesis 34:1
וַתֵּצֵ֤א דִינָה֙ בַּת־לֵאָ֔ה
… Now Dinah went away, the daughter of Leah,
אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֖ה לְיַעֲקֹ֑ב
whom she had borne to Jacob:
לִרְא֖וֹת בִּבְנ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
In order to become acquainted with
the daughters of the land;
Genesis 34:2
וַיַּ֨רְא אֹתָ֜הּ
שְׁכֶ֧ם בֶּן־חֲמ֛וֹר הֽ͏ַחִוִּ֖י נְשִׂ֣יא הָאָ֑רֶץ
And Shechem (shoulder)
the son of Hamor (donkey) the Hivite (villager),
The prince of the land, took note of her;
וַיִּקַּ֥ח אֹתָ֛הּ וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב אֹתָ֖הּ וַיְעַנֶּֽהָ׃
And he took her and laid with her,
and humbled her sexually;
Genesis 34:3
וַתִּדְבַּ֣ק נַפְשׁ֔וֹ בְּדִינָ֖ה בַּֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב
But his soul clung to Dinah,
Jacob’s daughter,
וַיֶּֽאֱהַב֙ אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔
And he loved the unmarried girl,
וַיְדַבֵּ֖ר עַל־לֵ֥ב הַֽנַּעֲרָֽ׃
and he spoke to the heart of that girl;
Genesis 34:4
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁכֶ֔ם אֶל־חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֖יו לֵאמֹ֑ר
Then Shechem ordered Hamor his father, saying,
קַֽח־לִ֛י אֶת־הַיַּלְדָּ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
“Get me this marriageable girl for a wife!”
Genesis 34:5
וְיַעֲקֹ֣ב שָׁמַ֗ע
Now Jacob heard
כִּ֤י טִמֵּא֙ אֶת־דִּינָ֣ה בִתּ֔וֹ
that he had defiled Dinah his daughter,
וּבָנָ֛יו הָי֥וּ אֶת־מִקְנֵ֖הוּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה
Now his sons were with his livestock in the field;
וְהֶחֱרִ֥שׁ יַעֲקֹ֖ב עַד־בֹּאָֽם׃
But Jacob kept silent, until their arrival;
Genesis 34:6
וַיֵּצֵ֛א חֲמ֥וֹר אֲבִֽי־שְׁכֶ֖ם אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֑ב
And Hamor the father of Shechem went to Jacob,
לְדַבֵּ֖ר אִתּֽוֹ׃
To speak with him;
Genesis 34:7
וּבְנֵ֨י יַעֲקֹ֜ב בָּ֤אוּ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֙ כְּשָׁמְעָ֔ם
Now the sons of Jacob had come in from the field
when they heard,
וַיִּֽתְעַצְּבוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיִּ֥חַר לָהֶ֖ם מְאֹ֑ד
And the men felt hurt,
and it was kindled for them, intensely;
כִּֽי־נְבָלָ֞ה עָשָׂ֣ה בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
For a disgraceful action had been done against Israel:
לִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־בַּֽת־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְכֵ֖ן לֹ֥א יֵעָשֶֽׂה׃
To lay sexually with the daughter of Jacob,
since such should not be done.
Genesis 34:8
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר חֲמ֖וֹר אִתָּ֣ם לֵאמֹ֑ר
And Hamor spoke with them saying:
שְׁכֶ֣ם בְּנִ֗י חָֽשְׁקָ֤ה נַפְשׁוֹ֙ בְּבִתְּכֶ֔ם
“My son Shechem,
his soul has become very attached to your daughter, —
תְּנ֨וּ נָ֥א אֹתָ֛הּ ל֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
Please give her to him, for a wife”
Genesis 34:9
וְהִֽתְחַתְּנ֖וּ אֹתָ֑נוּ
“And intermarry with us:
בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ תִּתְּנוּ־לָ֔נוּ
You can give us your daughters;
וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ תִּקְח֥וּ לָכֶֽם׃
And our daughters you can take for yourselves;”
Genesis 34:10
וְאִתָּ֖נוּ תֵּשֵׁ֑בוּ
“Then with us you will dwell:
וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם
And the land will be before you, —
שְׁבוּ֙ וּסְחָר֔וּהָ וְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּ בָּֽהּ׃
Remain and trade,
and hold property in it.”
Genesis 34:11
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שְׁכֶם֙ אֶל־אָבִ֣יה וְאֶל־אַחֶ֔יהָ
And then Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, —
אֶמְצָא־חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם
“Let me find favour in your eyes:
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר תֹּאמְר֛וּ אֵלַ֖י אֶתֵּֽן׃
Then whatever you say to me, I will give!”
Genesis 34:12
הַרְבּ֨וּ עָלַ֤י מְאֹד֙ מֹ֣הַר וּמַתָּ֔ן
“Greatly increase upon me a dowry and gift,
וְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר תֹּאמְר֖וּ אֵלָ֑י
And I shall give, according as you say to me;
וּתְנוּ־לִ֥י אֶת־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
But give me the girl for a wife!”
Genesis 34:13
וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ בְנֵֽי־יַעֲקֹ֜ב
And the sons of Jacob answered
אֶת־שְׁכֶ֨ם וְאֶת־חֲמ֥וֹר אָבִ֛יו בְּמִרְמָ֖ה וַיְדַבֵּ֑רוּ
Shechem and Hamor his father in deceit,
and they spoke;
אֲשֶׁ֣ר טִמֵּ֔א אֵ֖ת דִּינָ֥ה אֲחֹתָֽם׃
In that he had fornicated with Dinah their sister;
Genesis 34:14
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם
And they said to them,
לֹ֤א נוּכַל֙ לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה
“We are unable to do this thing,
לָתֵת֙ אֶת־אֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ
To give our sister
לְאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ עָרְלָ֑ה
To a man who has a foreskin:
כִּֽי־חֶרְפָּ֥ה הִ֖וא לָֽנוּ׃
Because it is a disgrace to us;”
Genesis 34:15
אַךְ־בְּזֹ֖את נֵא֣וֹת לָכֶ֑ם
“But in this we will commit ourselves to you:
אִ֚ם תִּהְי֣וּ כָמֹ֔נוּ
If you will become like us,
לְהִמֹּ֥ל לָכֶ֖ם כָּל־זָכָֽר׃
by being circumcised yourselves, every male;”—
Genesis 34:16
וְנָתַ֤נּוּ אֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ לָכֶ֔ם
“Then we will give our daughters to you,
וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם נִֽקַּֽח־לָ֑נוּ
And we will take your daughter for ourselves,
וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ אִתְּכֶ֔ם וְהָיִ֖ינוּ לְעַ֥ם אֶחָֽד׃
And then we will dwell with you,
and we will become one nation.”
Genesis 34:17
וְאִם־לֹ֧א תִשְׁמְע֛וּ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ לְהִמּ֑וֹל
“But if you should not hearken to us,
to be circumcised,
וְלָקַ֥חְנוּ אֶת־בִּתֵּ֖נוּ וְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃
Then we will take our daughter,
and we will go.”
Genesis 34:18
וַיִּֽיטְב֥וּ דִבְרֵיהֶ֖ם בְּעֵינֵ֣י חֲמ֑וֹר
Now their words were pleasing,
in the eyes of Hamor,
וּבְעֵינֵ֖י שְׁכֶ֥ם בֶּן־חֲמֽוֹר׃
And in the eyes of Shechem the son of Hamor;
Genesis 34:19
וְלֹֽא־אֵחַ֤ר הַנַּ֙עַר֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת הַדָּבָ֔ר
And the young man did not hesitate to perform the thing,
כִּ֥י חָפֵ֖ץ בְּבַֽת־יַעֲקֹ֑ב
Because he delighted in the daughter of Jacob;
וְה֣וּא נִכְבָּ֔ד מִכֹּ֖ל בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיו׃
And so he was demonstrating himself more honourable
than all his father’s household.
Genesis 34:20
וַיָּבֹ֥א חֲמ֛וֹר וּשְׁכֶ֥ם בְּנ֖וֹ אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר עִירָ֑ם
Then Hamor and Shechem his son
came to the gate of their city;
וַֽיְדַבְּר֛וּ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֥י עִירָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃
And they spoke to the men of their city, saying:
Genesis 34:21
הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים הָאֵ֜לֶּה שְֽׁלֵמִ֧ים הֵ֣ם אִתָּ֗נוּ
“These men, they are at peace with us,
וְיֵשְׁב֤וּ בָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וְיִסְחֲר֣וּ אֹתָ֔הּ
So let them dwell in the land
And let them trade in it,
וְהָאָ֛רֶץ הִנֵּ֥ה רַֽחֲבַת־יָדַ֖יִם לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם
And the land, behold, is wide on both sides before them;
אֶת־בְּנֹתָם֙ נִקַּֽח־לָ֣נוּ לְנָשִׁ֔ים
Their daughters we can take for ourselves as wives,
וְאֶת־בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ נִתֵּ֥ן לָהֶֽם׃
Then we can give them our daughters;”
Genesis 34:22
אַךְ־בְּ֠זֹאת
“Only in this,
יֵאֹ֨תוּ לָ֤נוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אִתָּ֔נוּ
The men will commit themselves to us,
to dwell with us,
לִהְי֖וֹת לְעַ֣ם אֶחָ֑ד
To become one people:
בְּהִמּ֥וֹל לָ֙נוּ֙ כָּל־זָכָ֔ר
On ourselves becoming circumcised,
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר הֵ֥ם נִמֹּלִֽים׃
Just as they themselves are circumcised.”
Genesis 34:23
מִקְנֵהֶ֤ם וְקִנְיָנָם֙ וְכָל־בְּהֶמְתָּ֔ם
“Their livestock and their property,
together with all their agricultural and transport animals,
הֲל֥וֹא לָ֖נוּ הֵ֑ם
Will they not be ours?
אַ֚ךְ נֵא֣וֹתָה לָהֶ֔ם וְיֵשְׁב֖וּ אִתָּֽנוּ׃
Surely, we should consent to them,
Then they will settle with us.”
Genesis 34:24
וַיִּשְׁמְע֤וּ אֶל־חֲמוֹר֙ וְאֶל־שְׁכֶ֣ם בְּנ֔וֹ
And they hearkened to Hamor
and to Shechem his son,
כָּל־יֹצְאֵ֖י שַׁ֣עַר עִיר֑וֹ
Everyone who came out of the gate of his city;
וַיִּמֹּ֙לוּ֙ כָּל־זָכָ֔ר כָּל־יֹצְאֵ֖י שַׁ֥עַר עִירֽוֹ׃
And so every male was circumcised,
Everyone who came out of the gate of his city;
Genesis 34:25
וַיְהִי֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י בִּֽהְיוֹתָ֣ם כֹּֽאֲבִ֗ים
And it happened on the third day
while they were suffering traumatic fever, —
וַיִּקְח֣וּ שְׁנֵֽי־בְנֵי־יַ֠עֲקֹב שִׁמְע֨וֹן וְלֵוִ֜י
That two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi,
אֲחֵ֤י דִינָה֙ אִ֣ישׁ חַרְבּ֔וֹ
Brothers of Dinah, each took his sword,
וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ עַל־הָעִ֖יר בֶּ֑טַח
And they came against the city, securely;
וַיַּֽהַרְג֖וּ כָּל־זָכָֽר׃
And they murdered every male;
Genesis 34:26
וְאֶת־חֲמוֹר֙ וְאֶת־שְׁכֶ֣ם בְּנ֔וֹ הָרְג֖וּ לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב
Now they had killed Hamor and Shechem his son
by the mouth of the sword;
וַיִּקְח֧וּ אֶת־דִּינָ֛ה מִבֵּ֥ית שְׁכֶ֖ם וַיֵּצֵֽאוּ׃
And they took Dinah from Shechem’s house and came forth;
Genesis 34:27
בְּנֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֗ב
The sons of Jacob,
בָּ֚אוּ עַל־הַ֣חֲלָלִ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖זּוּ הָעִ֑יר
They had fallen upon the pierced,
and they plundered the city:
אֲשֶׁ֥ר טִמְּא֖וּ אֲחוֹתָֽם׃
Genesis 34:28
אֶת־צֹאנָ֥ם וְאֶת־בְּקָרָ֖ם וְאֶת־חֲמֹרֵיהֶ֑ם
Their flocks and their herds,
together with their beasts of burden;
וְאֵ֧ת אֲשֶׁר־בָּעִ֛יר וְאֶת־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה לָקָֽחוּ׃
And so whatever was in the city,
and whatever was in the field,
They had taken;
Genesis 34:29
וְאֶת־כָּל־חֵילָ֤ם
And all their wealth,
וְאֶת־כָּל־טַפָּם֙ וְאֶת־נְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם שָׁב֖וּ וַיָּבֹ֑זּוּ
And all their little children, and all their wives,
They had captured, and they plundered:
וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּבָּֽיִת׃
Together with all that was in the house/s.
Genesis 34:30
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֜ב אֶל־שִׁמְע֣וֹן וְאֶל־לֵוִי֮
Then Jacob said to Simeon and to Levi, —
עֲכַרְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִי֒
“You have brought me disaster,
לְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙ בְּיֹשֵׁ֣ב הָאָ֔רֶץ
By making me stink among the inhabitants of the land,
בַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י וּבַפְּרִזִּ֑י
Among the Cannanites, and among the Perizzites (open-country people);
וַאֲנִי֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר וְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּ עָלַי֙ וְהִכּ֔וּנִי
Now I consist of few men,
And they will gather themselves against me and they will strike me,
וְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖י אֲנִ֥י וּבֵיתִֽי׃
And I will be exterminated, I and my household;”
Genesis 34:31
וַיֹּאמְר֑וּ
But they said:
הַכְזוֹנָ֕ה יַעֲשֶׂ֖ה אֶת־אֲחוֹתֵֽנוּ׃ פ
“Must he treat our sister as a harlot?!”
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