Genesis 34
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
1Egressa est autem Dina filia Liæ ut videret mulieres regionis illius.
2And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
2Quam cum vidisset Sichem filius Hemor Hevæi, princeps terræ illius, adamavit eam: et rapuit, et dormivit cum illa, vi opprimens virginem.
3And his soul did cleave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke comfortingly unto the damsel.
3Et conglutinata est anima ejus cum ea, tristemque delinivit blanditiis.
4And Shechem spoke unto his father Hamor, saying: 'Get me this damsel to wife.'
4Et pergens ad Hemor patrem suum: Accipe, inquit, mihi puellam hanc conjugem.
5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob held his peace until they came.
5Quod cum audisset Jacob absentibus filiis, et in pastu pecorum occupatis, siluit donec redirent.
6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to speak with him.
6Egresso autem Hemor patre Sichem ut loqueretur ad Jacob,
7And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought a vile deed in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
7ecce 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.
8And Hamor spoke with them, saying 'The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter. I pray you give her unto him to wife.
8Locutus est itaque Hemor ad eos: Sichem filii mei adhæsit anima filiæ vestræ: date eam illi uxorem:
9And make ye marriages with us; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
9et jungamus vicissim connubia: filias vestras tradite nobis, et filias nostras accipite,
10And ye shall dwell with us; and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.'
10et habitate nobiscum: terra in potestate vestra est: exercete, negotiamini, et possidete eam.
11And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren: 'Let me find favour in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
11Sed et Sichem ad patrem et ad fratres ejus ait: Inveniam gratiam coram vobis: et quæcumque statueritis, dabo:
12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me; but give me the damsel to wife.'
12augete dotem, et munera postulate, et libenter tribuam quod petieritis: tantum date mihi puellam hanc uxorem.
13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
13Responderunt filii Jacob Sichem et patri ejus in dolo, sævientes ob stuprum sororis:
14and said unto them: 'We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.
14Non possumus facere quod petitis, nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso: quod illicitum et nefarium est apud nos.
15Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
15Sed in hoc valebimus fœderari, si volueritis esse similes nostri, et circumcidatur in vobis omne masculini sexus;
16then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
16tunc dabimus et accipiemus mutuo filias vestras ac nostras: et habitabimus vobiscum, erimusque unus populus.
17But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.'
17Si autem circumcidi nolueritis, tollemus filiam nostram, et recedemus.
18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
18Placuit oblatio eorum Hemor, et Sichem filio ejus,
19And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honoured above all the house of his father.
19nec distulit adolescens quin statim quod petebatur expleret: amabat enim puellam valde, et ipse erat inclytus in omni domo patris sui.
20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying:
20Ingressique portam urbis, locuti sunt ad populum:
21'These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for, behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
21Viri 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.
22Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
22Unum est quo differtur tantum bonum: si circumcidamus masculos nostros, ritum gentis imitantes.
23Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.'
23Et substantia eorum, et pecora, et cuncta quæ possident, nostra erunt: tantum in hoc acquiescamus, et habitantes simul, unum efficiemus populum.
24And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
24Assensique sunt omnes, circumcisis cunctis maribus.
25And 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 brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.
25Et 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,
26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went forth.
26Hemor et Sichem pariter necaverunt, tollentes Dinam de domo Sichem sororem suam.
27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
27Quibus egressis, irruerunt super occisos ceteri filii Jacob: et depopulati sunt urbem in ultionem stupri.
28They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field;
28Oves eorum, et armenta, et asinos, cunctaque vastantes quæ in domibus et in agris erant,
29and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they captive and spoiled, even all that was in the house.
29parvulos quoque eorum et uxores duxerunt captivas.
30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: 'Ye have troubled me, to make me odious unto the inhabitants of the land, even unto the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and, I being few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and smite me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.'
30Quibus 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.
31And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'
31Responderunt: Numquid ut scorto abuti debuere sorore nostra?
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