Genesis 34

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¹And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

KJVAnd Dinah^H1783 the daughter^H1323 of Leah^H3812, which she bare^H3205^(H8804) unto Jacob^H3290, went out^H3318^(H8799) to see^H7200^(H8800) the daughters^H1323 of the land^H776.

² And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

KJVAnd when Shechem^H7927 the son^H1121 of Hamor^H2544 the Hivite^H2340, prince^H5387 of the country^H776, saw^H7200^(H8799) her, he took^H3947^(H8799) her, and lay^H7901^(H8799) with her, and defiled her^H6031^(H8762).

³ And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.

KJVAnd his soul^H5315 clave^H1692^(H8799) unto Dinah^H1783 the daughter^H1323 of Jacob^H3290, and he loved^H157^(H8799) the damsel^H5291, and spake^H1696^(H8762) kindly^H3820 unto the damsel^H5291.

⁴ And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

KJVAnd Shechem^H7927 spake^H559^(H8799) unto his father^H1 Hamor^H2544, saying^H559^(H8800), Get^H3947^(H8798) me this damsel^H3207 to wife^H802.

⁵ And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 heard^H8085^(H8804) that he had defiled^H2930^(H8765) Dinah^H1783 his daughter^H1323: now his sons^H1121 were with his cattle^H4735 in the field^H7704: and Jacob^H3290 held his peace^H2790^(H8689) until they were come^H935^(H8800).

⁶ And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.

KJVAnd Hamor^H2544 the father^H1 of Shechem^H7927 went out^H3318^(H8799) unto Jacob^H3290 to commune^H1696^(H8763) with^H854 him.

⁷ And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.

KJVAnd the sons^H1121 of Jacob^H3290 came^H935^(H8804) out of the field^H7704 when they heard^H8085^(H8800) it: and the men^H582 were grieved^H6087^(H8691), and they were very^H3966 wroth^H2734^(H8799), because he had wrought^H6213^(H8804) folly^H5039 in Israel^H3478 in lying^H7901^(H8800) with Jacob's^H3290 daughter^H1323; which thing ought not to be done^H6213^(H8735).

⁸ And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.

KJVAnd Hamor^H2544 communed^H1696^(H8762) with them, saying^H559^(H8800), The soul^H5315 of my son^H1121 Shechem^H7927 longeth^H2836^(H8804) for your daughter^H1323: I pray you give^H5414^(H8798) her him to wife^H802.

⁹ And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.

KJVAnd make ye marriages^H2859^(H8690) with us, and give^H5414^(H8799) your daughters^H1323 unto us, and take^H3947^(H8799) our daughters^H1323 unto you.

¹⁰ And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.

KJVAnd ye shall dwell^H3427^(H8799) with us: and the land^H776 shall be^H1961^(H8799) before you^H6440; dwell^H3427^(H8798) and trade^H5503^(H8804) ye therein, and get you possessions^H270^(H8734) therein.

¹¹ And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.

KJVAnd Shechem^H7927 said^H559^(H8799) unto her father^H1 and unto her brethren^H251, Let me find^H4672^(H8799) grace^H2580 in your eyes^H5869, and what ye shall say^H559^(H8799) unto me I will give^H5414^(H8799).

¹² Ask 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.

KJVAsk^H7235^(H8685) me never so much^H3966 dowry^H4119 and gift^H4976, and I will give^H5414^(H8799) according as ye shall say^H559^(H8799) unto me: but give^H5414^(H8798) me the damsel^H5291 to wife^H802.

¹³ And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:

KJVAnd the sons^H1121 of Jacob^H3290 answered^H6030^(H8799) Shechem^H7927 and Hamor^H2544 his father^H1 deceitfully^H4820, and said^H1696^(H8762), because he had defiled^H2930^(H8765) Dinah^H1783 their sister^H269:

¹⁴ And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

KJVAnd they said^H559^(H8799) unto them, We cannot^H3808^H3201^(H8799) do^H6213^(H8800) this thing^H1697, to give^H5414^(H8800) our sister^H269 to one^H376 that is uncircumcised^H6190; for that were a reproach^H2781 unto us:

¹⁵ But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

KJVBut in this^H2063 will we consent^H225^(H8735) unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male^H2145 of you be circumcised^H4135^(H8736);

¹⁶ Then 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.

KJVThen will we give^H5414^(H8804) our daughters^H1323 unto you, and we will take^H3947^(H8799) your daughters^H1323 to us, and we will dwell^H3427^(H8804) with you, and we will become one^H259 people^H5971.

¹⁷ But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

KJVBut if ye will not hearken^H8085^(H8799) unto us, to be circumcised^H4135^(H8736); then will we take^H3947^(H8804) our daughter^H1323, and we will be gone^H1980^(H8804).

¹⁸ And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.

KJVAnd their words^H1697 pleased^H3190^(H8799)^H5869 Hamor^H2544, and Shechem^H7927 Hamor's^H2544 son^H1121.

¹⁹ And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.

KJVAnd the young man^H5288 deferred^H309^(H8765) not to do^H6213^(H8800) the thing^H1697, because he had delight^H2654^(H8804) in Jacob's^H3290 daughter^H1323: and he was more honourable^H3513^(H8737) than all the house^H1004 of his father^H1.

²⁰ And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,

KJVAnd Hamor^H2544 and Shechem^H7927 his son^H1121 came^H935^(H8799) unto the gate^H8179 of their city^H5892, and communed^H1696^(H8762) with the men^H582 of their city^H5892, saying^H559^(H8800),

²¹ These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

KJVThese men^H582 are peaceable^H8003 with^H854 us; therefore let them dwell^H3427^(H8799) in the land^H776, and trade^H5503^(H8799) therein; for the land^H776, behold, it is large^H7342 enough^H3027 for them^H6440; let us take^H3947^(H8799) their daughters^H1323 to us for wives^H802, and let us give^H5414^(H8799) them our daughters^H1323.

²² Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

KJVOnly herein^H2063 will the men^H582 consent^H225^(H8735) unto us for to dwell^H3427^(H8800) with us, to be one^H259 people^H5971, if every male^H2145 among us be circumcised^H4135^(H8736), as they are circumcised^H4135^(H8737).

²³ Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

KJVShall not their cattle^H4735 and their substance^H7075 and every beast^H929 of theirs be ours? only let us consent^H225^(H8735) unto them, and they will dwell^H3427^(H8799) with us.

²⁴ And 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.

KJVAnd unto Hamor^H2544 and unto Shechem^H7927 his son^H1121 hearkened^H8085^(H8799) all that went out^H3318^(H8802) of the gate^H8179 of his city^H5892; and every male^H2145 was circumcised^H4135^(H8735), all that went out^H3318^(H8802) of the gate^H8179 of his city^H5892.

²⁵ And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.

KJVAnd it came to pass on the third^H7992 day^H3117, when they were sore^H3510^(H8802), that two^H8147 of the sons^H1121 of Jacob^H3290, Simeon^H8095 and Levi^H3878, Dinah's^H1783 brethren^H251, took^H3947^(H8799) each man^H376 his sword^H2719, and came^H935^(H8799) upon the city^H5892 boldly^H983, and slew^H2026^(H8799) all the males^H2145.

²⁶ And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.

KJVAnd they slew^H2026^(H8804) Hamor^H2544 and Shechem^H7927 his son^H1121 with the edge^H6310 of the sword^H2719, and took^H3947 Dinah^H1783 out^H3947^(H8799) of Shechem's^H7927 house^H1004, and went out^H3318^(H8799).

²⁷ The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.

KJVThe sons^H1121 of Jacob^H3290 came^H935^(H8804) upon the slain^H2491, and spoiled^H962^(H8799) the city^H5892, because they had defiled^H2930^(H8765) their sister^H269.

²⁸ They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

KJVThey took^H3947^(H8804) their sheep^H6629, and their oxen^H1241, and their asses^H2543, and that which was in the city^H5892, and that which was in the field^H7704,

²⁹ And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.

KJVAnd all their wealth^H2428, and all their little ones^H2945, and their wives^H802 took they captive^H7617^(H8804), and spoiled^H962^(H8799) even all that was in the house^H1004.

³⁰ And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

KJVAnd Jacob^H3290 said^H559^(H8799) to Simeon^H8095 and Levi^H3878, Ye have troubled^H5916^(H8804) me to make me to stink^H887^(H8687) among the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776, among the Canaanites^H3669 and the Perizzites^H6522: and I being few^H4962 in number^H4557, they shall gather themselves together^H622^(H8738) against me, and slay me^H5221^(H8689); and I shall be destroyed^H8045^(H8738), I and my house^H1004.

³¹ And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?

KJVAnd they said^H559^(H8799), Should he deal^H6213^(H8799) with our sister^H269 as with an harlot^H2181^(H8802)?

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