Hebrew Names Version HNV
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 Dinah, the daughter of Le'ah, whom she bore to Ya`akov, went out to see the daughters of the land.
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And Dinah, daughter of Leah, whom she hath borne to Jacob, goeth out to look on the daughters of the land,
2 Shekhem the son of Hamor the Hivvi, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
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and Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the land, seeth her, and taketh her, and lieth with her, and humbleth her;
3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Ya`akov, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
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and his soul cleaveth to Dinah, daughter of Jacob, and he loveth the young person, and speaketh unto the heart of the young person.
4 Shekhem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."
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And Shechem speaketh unto Hamor his father, saying, `Take for me this damsel for a wife.'
5 Now Ya`akov heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field. Ya`akov held his shalom until they came.
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And Jacob hath heard that he hath defiled Dinah his daughter, and his sons were with his cattle in the field, and Jacob kept silent till their coming.
6 Hamor the father of Shekhem went out to Ya`akov to talk with him.
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And Hamor, father of Shechem, goeth out unto Jacob to speak with him;
7 The sons of Ya`akov came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Yisra'el in lying with Ya`akov's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
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and the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard, and the men grieve themselves, and it [is] very displeasing to them, for folly he hath done against Israel, to lie with the daughter of Jacob -- and so it is not done.
8 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shekhem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
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And Hamor speaketh with them, saying, `Shechem, my son, his soul hath cleaved to your daughter; give her, I pray you, to him for a wife,
9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
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and join ye in marriage with us; your daughters ye give to us, and our daughters ye take to yourselves,
10 You shall dwell with us: and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."
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and with us ye dwell, and the land is before you; dwell ye and trade [in] it, and have possessions in it.'
11 Shekhem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.
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And Shechem saith unto her father, and unto her brethren, `Let me find grace in your eyes, and that which ye say unto me, I give;
12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."
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multiply on me exceedingly dowry and gift, and I give as ye say unto me, and give to me the young person for a wife.'
13 The sons of Ya`akov answered Shekhem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
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And the sons of Jacob answer Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and they speak (because he defiled Dinah their sister),
14 and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
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and say unto them, `We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it [is] a reproach to us.
15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;
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`Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,
16 then will we 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.
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then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;
17 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.
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and if ye hearken not unto us to be circumcised, then we have taken our daughter, and have gone.'
18 Their words pleased Hamor, and Shekhem, Hamor's son.
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And their words are good in the eyes of Hamor, and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor's son;
19 The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Ya`akov's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.
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and the young man delayed not to do the thing, for he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he is honourable above all the house of his father.
20 Hamor and Shekhem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
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And Hamor cometh -- Shechem his son also -- unto the gate of their city, and they speak unto the men of their city, saying,
21 "These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. 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.
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`These men are peaceable with us; then let them dwell in the land, and trade [in] it; and the land, lo, [is] wide before them; their daughters let us take to ourselves for wives, and our daughters give to them.
22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
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`Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;
23 Won't their cattle and their substance and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."
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their cattle, and their substance, and all their beasts -- are they not ours? only let us consent to them, and they dwell with us.'
24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shekhem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
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And unto Hamor, and unto Shechem his son, hearken do all those going out of the gate of his city, and every male is circumcised, all those going out of the gate of his city.
25 It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Ya`akov's sons, Shim`on and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.
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And it cometh to pass, on the third day, in their being pained, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, take each his sword, and come in against the city confidently, and slay every male;
26 They killed Hamor and Shekhem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shekhem's house, and went away.
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and Hamor, and Shechem his son, they have slain by the mouth of the sword, and they take Dinah out of Shechem's house, and go out.
27 Ya`akov's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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Jacob's sons have come in upon the wounded, and they spoil the city, because they had defiled their sister;
28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field;
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their flock and their herd, and their asses, and that which [is] in the city, and that which [is] in the field, have they taken;
29 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.
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and all their wealth, and all their infants, and their wives they have taken captive, and they spoil also all that [is] in the house.
30 Ya`akov said to Shim`on and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Kana`anim and the Perizzi. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."
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And Jacob saith unto Simeon and unto Levi, `Ye have troubled me, by causing me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanite, and among the Perizzite: and I [am] few in number, and they have been gathered against me, and have smitten me, and I have been destroyed, I and my house.'
31 They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"
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And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?'
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