1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. 2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her. 3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady. 4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."

5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came. 6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him. 7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter, a thing that ought not to be done. 8 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. 9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves. 10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will 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."

13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had 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. 15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be 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. 17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone."

18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. 19 The young man didn’t wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father. 20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with 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’s take their daughters to us for wives, and let’s give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised. 23 Won’t their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let’s give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."

24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. 25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males. 26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away. 27 Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered 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, 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. 30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."

31 They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"

1 Kord läks Diina, Lea tütar, kelle Lea oli Jaakobile ilmale toonud, maa tütreid vaatama.

2 Aga maa vürsti hiivlase Hamori poeg Sekem nägi teda, võttis tema, magas ta juures ja naeris ta ära.

3 Kuid ta hing kiindus Diinasse, Jaakobi tütresse, ja ta armastas tütarlast ning rääkis tütarlapsele meelitusi.

4 Ja Sekem rääkis oma isa Hamoriga, öeldes: „Võta see tüdruk mulle naiseks!"

5 Jaakob aga sai kuulda, et ta tütar Diina oli ära teotatud. Aga et ta pojad olid tema karjaga väljal, siis Jaakob vaikis, kuni nad koju tulid.

6 Ja Hamor, Sekemi isa, läks Jaakobi juurde, et temaga rääkida.

7 Jaakobi pojad tulid väljalt, kui nad sellest olid kuulda saanud; mehed olid nördinud ja nende viha süttis väga põlema, et ta Jaakobi tütre juures magades oli Iisraelis teinud häbiteo; sest nõnda ei tohtinud teha.

8 Ja Hamor rääkis nendega, öeldes: „Mu poja Sekemi hing on kiindunud teie tütresse. Andke ta ometi temale naiseks!

9 Saage meiega langudeks, andke meile oma tütreid ja võtke enestele meie tütreid,

10 ja jääge meie juurde elama. Maa on lahti teie ees, elage, rännake ja kodunege siin!"

11 Ja Sekem ütles tema isale ja vendadele: „Kui ma teie silmis armu leian, siis annan teile, mida te minult nõuate.

12 Pange mulle peale ükskõik kui palju mõrsjahinda ja kingitusi: ma annan, mida te minult nõuate. Andke ainult tütarlaps mulle naiseks!"

13 Siis kostsid Jaakobi pojad Sekemile ja tema isale Hamorile, rääkides aga kavalasti, sellepärast et ta nende õe Diina oli ära teotanud,

14 ja ütlesid neile: „Me ei või teha niisugust asja, et anname oma õe mehele, kellel on eesnahk, sest see oleks meile häbiks.

15 Ainult sel tingimusel oleme teiega nõus, kui saate meie sarnaseiks, lastes kõik oma meesterahvad ümber lõigata.

16 Siis me anname oma tütreid teile ja võtame teie tütreid enestele, elame üheskoos teiega ja saame üheks rahvaks.

17 Aga kui te ei võta meid kuulda ega lase endid ümber lõigata, siis võtame oma tütre ja läheme ära!"

18 Ja nende sõnad olid head Hamori ja Hamori poja Sekemi silmis.

19 Ja noor mees ei kõhelnud nõnda tegemast, sest ta ihaldas Jaakobi tütart; ja tema oli lugupeetum kui kõik teised ta isakojas.

20 Siis Hamor ja ta poeg Sekem läksid oma linna väravasse ja rääkisid oma linna meestega, öeldes:

21 „Need mehed on rahuarmastajad. Jäägu nad meie juurde, elagu ja rännaku nad siin maal. Sest maa, vaata, laiub ju nendegi ees igat kätt. Siis võtame enestele naisteks nende tütreid ja anname oma tütreid neile.

22 Aga ainult sel tingimusel on mehed meiega nõus meie juures elama ja saama meiega üheks rahvaks, kui meil kõik meesterahvad ümber lõigatakse, nõnda nagu nemad ise on ümber lõigatud.

23 Nende karjad ja varandus ja kõik nende lojused, eks need saa siis meile! Olgem ainult nendega nõus, siis nad asuvad meie juurde elama."

24 Ja nad võtsid kuulda Hamorit ja tema poega Sekemit, kõik, kes ta linna väravast läbi käisid; ja kõik meesterahvad lõigati ümber, kõik, kes ta linna väravast läbi käisid.

25 Aga kolmandal päeval, kui nad olid valudes, võtsid kaks Jaakobi poega, Siimeon ja Leevi, Diina vennad, kumbki oma mõõga ja läksid takistamatult linna ja tapsid ära kõik meesterahvad.

26 Nad tapsid mõõgateraga ka Hamori ja tema poja Sekemi, võtsid Sekemi kojast Diina ja läksid ära.

27 Jaakobi pojad tulid haigetele kallale ja riisusid linna, sellepärast et nad nende õe olid ära teotanud.

28 Nad võtsid ära nende pudulojused, veised ja eeslid ja mis iganes oli linnas või väljal.

29 Nad viisid ära kõik nende varanduse ja kõik nende lapsed ja naised, ja riisusid kõik, mis kodades oli.

30 Aga Jaakob ütles Siimeonile ja Leevile: „Te saadate mind õnnetusse, sellepärast et te mind olete teinud vihatavaks maa elanike, kaananlaste ja perislaste hulgas! Mul on vähe mehi: kui nad kogunevad mu vastu, siis nad löövad mind ja me hukkume, niihästi mina kui mu pere!"

31 Kuid nemad vastasid: „Kas ta siis tohtis talitada meie õega nagu hooraga?"