1 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.2 And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.3 And his soul fastened on Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the maiden, and spoke consolingly to the maiden.4 And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Take me this girl as wife.5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his cattle in the fields, and Jacob said nothing until they came.6 And Hamor the father of Shechem came out to Jacob, to speak to him.7 And the sons of Jacob came from the fields when they heard {it}; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had wrought what was disgraceful in Israel, in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.8 And Hamor spoke to them, saying, My son Shechem's soul cleaves to your daughter: I pray you, give her to him as wife.9 And make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.10 And dwell with us, and the land shall be before you: dwell and trade in it, and get yourselves possessions in it.11 And Shechem said to her father and to her brethren, Let me find favour in your eyes; and what ye shall say to me I will give.12 Impose on me very much as dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say to me; but give me the maiden as wife.13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and spoke-because he had defiled Dinah their sister-14 and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that {were} a reproach to us.15 But only in this will we consent to you, if ye will be as we, that every male of you be circumcised;16 then will we give our daughters to you, and take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and be one people.17 But if ye do not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go away.18 And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.19 And the youth did not delay to do this, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was honourable above all in the house of his father.20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade in it. And the land-behold, it is of wide extent before them. We will take their daughters as wives, and give them our daughters.22 But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people-if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.23 Their cattle, and their possessions, and every beast of theirs, shall they not be ours? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.24 And all that went out at the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised-all that went out at the gate of his city.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 his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.26 And Hamor and Shechem his son they slew with the edge of the sword; and took Dinah out of Shechem's house; and went out.27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.28 Their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and what {was} in the city, and what {was} in the field they took;29 and all their goods, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered them, and all that was in the houses.30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, in that ye make me odious among the inhabitants of the land-among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and I am few men in number, and they will gather themselves against me and smite me, and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.31 And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?

1 En Dina, die dogter van Lea, wat sy vir Jakob gebaar het, het uitgegaan om die dogters van die land te leer ken.2 Toe Sigem, die seun van Hemor, die Hewiet, die vors van die land, haar sien, het hy haar gegryp en met haar gemeenskap gehad en haar onteer.3 En sy siel het verkleef geraak aan Dina, die dogter van Jakob; en hy het die dogter liefgehad en na die hart van die dogter gespreek.4 Sigem het ook met sy vader Hemor gespreek en gesê: Neem daardie dogter vir my as vrou.5 Toe Jakob dan hoor dat hy sy dogter Dina onteer het, was sy seuns by sy vee in die veld; en Jakob het geswyg totdat hulle gekom het.6 En Hemor, die vader van Sigem, het na Jakob uitgegaan om met hom te spreek.7 En die seuns van Jakob het uit die veld gekom toe hulle dit hoor; en die manne was gegrief en baie kwaad, omdat hy 'n skanddaad in Israel begaan het deur met die dogter van Jakob gemeenskap te hou: so iets mag nie gebeur het nie.8 Toe spreek Hemor met hulle en sê: Die siel van my seun Sigem is verlief op julle dogter: gee haar tog aan hom as vrou9 en verswaer julle met ons: gee aan ons julle dogters, en neem vir julle ons dogters.10 Bly maar by ons woon, en die land sal voor julle oop lê; woon en trek rond daarin en verwerf vaste besittings daarin.11 En Sigem sê vir haar vader en haar broers: Laat my guns vind in julle oë, en wat julle van my eis, sal ek gee.12 Vra my 'n baie groot koopprys en geskenk, en ek sal dit gee soos julle aan my sê; gee my net die dogter as vrou.13 Toe antwoord die seuns van Jakob vir Sigem en Hemor, sy vader, met bedrog -- hulle het so gespreek, omdat hy hulle suster Dina onteer het --14 en sê vir hulle: Ons kan dit nie doen om ons suster aan 'n man te gee wat die voorhuid het nie, want dit sou 'n skande vir ons wees.15 Net op hierdie voorwaarde kan ons inwillig: as julle word soos ons deurdat almal wat manlik is onder julle, besny word.16 Dan sal ons ons dogters aan julle gee, en ons sal julle dogters vir ons neem; en ons sal by julle woon en een volk word.17 Maar as julle nie na ons luister om besny te word nie, dan neem ons ons dogter en ons trek weg.18 En hulle woorde was goed in die oë van Hemor en in die oë van Sigem, die seun van Hemor.19 En die jongman het nie versuim om dit te doen nie, want hy het sin gehad in die dogter van Jakob, en hy was die mees geëerde in die hele huis van sy vader.20 Toe gaan Hemor en sy seun Sigem na die poort van hulle stad, en hulle spreek met die manne van hul stad en sê:21 Hierdie manne lewe in vrede met ons; daarom, laat hulle in die land woon en daarin rondtrek: die land lê mos alkante toe wyd voor hulle. Ons kan hulle dogters vir ons as vroue neem, en ons sal ons dogters aan hulle gee.22 Maar net op hierdie voorwaarde sal die manne inwillig om by ons te woon, om een volk te word: as almal wat manlik is onder ons, besny word soos hulle besny is.23 Hulle vee en hulle besittings en al hulle diere -- sal dit nie ons s'n wees nie? Laat ons net inwillig, sodat hulle by ons kan bly woon.24 En hulle het geluister na Hemor en na sy seun Sigem almal wat uit sy stadspoort uitgegaan het; en almal wat manlik was, is besny, almal wat uit sy stadspoort uitgegaan het.25 Maar op die derde dag, toe hulle in die pyn was, neem die twee seuns van Jakob, S¡meon en Levi, broers van Dina, elkeen sy swaard, en hulle oorval die sorgelose stad en slaan almal dood wat manlik was.26 Hulle slaan ook Hemor en sy seun Sigem dood met die skerpte van die swaard; daarna neem hulle Dina uit die huis van Sigem uit en vertrek.27 Die seuns van Jakob het op die gesneuweldes afgekom en die stad geplunder, omdat hulle hulle suster onteer het.28 Hulle kleinvee en hulle beeste en hulle esels -- wat in die stad en in die veld was -- het hulle weggeneem.29 En al hulle goed en al hulle kinders en hulle vroue het hulle as gevangenes weggevoer en as buit, en ook alles wat in die huise was.30 Toe sê Jakob vir S¡meon en Levi: Julle het my ontroer dat julle my gehaat gemaak het by die inwoners van die land, die Kana„niete en Feresiete, terwyl ek 'n klein klompie is. As hulle hul teen my versamel, sal hulle my verslaan, en ek sal verdelg word, ek en my huis.31 Toe antwoord hulle: Hoe durf hy dan ons suster as 'n hoer behandel!