Geneza 34
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Dina şi Sihem
34 Dina(A), fata pe care o născuse lui Iacov Lea, a ieşit(B) să vadă pe fetele ţării. 2 Ea a fost zărită(C) de Sihem, fiul Hevitului Hamor, domnitorul ţării. El a pus(D) mâna pe ea, s-a culcat cu ea şi a necinstit-o. 3 S-a lipit cu toată inima de Dina, fata lui Iacov, a iubit fata şi a căutat s-o liniştească. 4 După aceea Sihem a zis(E) tatălui său Hamor: „Ia-mi de nevastă pe fata aceasta!” 5 Iacov a aflat că-i necinstise pe fiică-sa Dina şi, fiindcă fiii săi erau cu vitele la păşune, Iacov a tăcut(F) până la întoarcerea lor. 6 Hamor, tatăl lui Sihem, s-a dus la Iacov ca să-i vorbească. 7 Dar, când s-au întors fiii lui Iacov de la păşune şi au auzit lucrul acesta, s-au supărat şi s-au mâniat foarte tare(G), pentru că Sihem săvârşise(H) o mişelie în Israel, culcându-se cu fata lui Iacov: aşa ceva(I) n-ar fi trebuit să se facă niciodată. 8 Hamor le-a vorbit astfel: „Fiul meu Sihem s-a lipit cu toată inima de fata voastră. Vă rog, daţi-i-o de nevastă 9 şi încuscriţi-vă cu noi; voi daţi-ne fetele voastre şi luaţi pentru voi pe ale noastre! 10 Locuiţi cu noi; ţara(J) vă stă înainte, rămâneţi în ea, faceţi negoţ(K) şi cumpăraţi(L) pământuri în ea.” 11 Sihem a zis tatălui şi fraţilor Dinei: „Să capăt trecere înaintea voastră, şi vă voi da ce-mi veţi cere. 12 Cereţi-mi o zestre(M) cât de mare şi cât de multe daruri, şi voi da tot ce-mi veţi zice; numai daţi-mi fata de nevastă.” 13 Fiii lui Iacov au răspuns şi au vorbit cu vicleşug(N) lui Sihem şi tatălui său Hamor, pentru că Sihem necinstise pe sora lor Dina. 14 Ei i-au zis: „Este un lucru pe care nu-l putem face, să dăm pe sora noastră unui om netăiat împrejur, căci(O) ar fi o ocară pentru noi. 15 Nu ne vom învoi la aşa ceva decât dacă vă faceţi şi voi ca noi şi dacă orice parte bărbătească dintre voi se va tăia împrejur. 16 Atunci vă vom da pe fetele noastre şi vom lua pentru noi pe ale voastre; vom locui cu voi şi vom face împreună un singur norod. 17 Dar, dacă nu voiţi să ne ascultaţi şi să vă tăiaţi împrejur, ne vom lua fata şi vom pleca.” 18 Cuvintele lor au plăcut lui Hamor şi lui Sihem, fiul lui Hamor. 19 Tânărul n-a pregetat să facă lucrul acesta, căci iubea pe fata lui Iacov şi era(P) cel mai bine văzut în casa tatălui său. 20 Hamor şi fiul lui Sihem s-au dus la poarta cetăţii şi au vorbit astfel oamenilor din cetatea lor: 21 „Oamenii aceştia au gânduri de pace faţă de noi; să rămână dar în ţară şi să facă negoţ; ţara este destul de largă pentru ei. Noi vom lua de neveste pe fetele lor şi le vom da de neveste pe fetele noastre. 22 Dar oamenii aceştia nu vor voi să locuiască împreună cu noi, ca să alcătuim un singur popor, decât dacă orice parte bărbătească dintre noi se va tăia împrejur, după cum şi ei înşişi sunt tăiaţi împrejur. 23 Turmele lor, averile lor şi toate vitele lor vor fi atunci ale noastre. Să primim numai ce cer ei, ca să rămână la noi.” 24 Toţi cei ce treceau pe poarta cetăţii(Q) au ascultat pe Hamor şi pe fiul său Sihem şi toţi bărbaţii au fost tăiaţi împrejur, toţi cei ce treceau pe poarta cetăţii. 25 A treia zi, pe când sufereau ei încă, cei doi fii ai lui Iacov, Simeon(R) şi Levi, fraţii Dinei, şi-a luat fiecare sabia, s-au năpustit asupra cetăţii care se credea în linişte şi au ucis pe toţi bărbaţii. 26 Au trecut, de asemenea, prin ascuţişul sabiei pe Hamor şi pe fiul său Sihem; au ridicat pe Dina din casa lui Sihem şi au ieşit afară. 27 Fiii lui Iacov s-au aruncat asupra celor morţi şi au jefuit cetatea, pentru că necinstiseră pe sora lor. 28 Le-au luat oile, boii şi măgarii, tot ce era în cetate şi ce era pe câmp; 29 le-au luat ca pradă de război toate bogăţiile, copiii şi nevestele şi tot ce se găsea în case. 30 Atunci, Iacov a zis lui Simeon şi lui Levi: „Voi m-aţi nenorocit, făcându-mă(S) urât locuitorilor ţării, canaaniţilor şi fereziţilor. N-am sub porunca mea decât un mic număr(T) de oameni; ei se vor strânge împotriva mea, mă vor bate şi voi fi nimicit, eu şi casa mea.” 31 Ei au răspuns: „Se cuvenea oare să se poarte cu sora noastră cum se poartă cu o curvă?”
Genesis 34
World English Bible
34 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,[a] 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?”
Footnotes
- 34:17 Hebrew has, literally, “daughter”
Genesis 34
New King James Version
The Dinah Incident
34 Now (A)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, prince of the country, saw her, he (B)took her and lay with her, and violated her. 3 His soul [a]was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke [b]kindly to the young woman. 4 So Shechem (C)spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this young woman as a wife.”
5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob (D)held[c] his peace until they came. 6 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he (E)had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, (F)a thing which ought not to be done. 8 But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife. 9 And make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to yourselves. 10 So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it.”
11 Then Shechem said to her father and her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give. 12 Ask me ever so much (G)dowry[d] and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a wife.”
13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke (H)deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister. 14 And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is (I)uncircumcised, for (J)that would be a reproach to us. 15 But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is circumcised, 16 then we will 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 heed us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and be gone.”
18 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son. 19 So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. He was (K)more honorable than all the household of his father.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the (L)gate of their city, and spoke with the men of their city, saying: 21 “These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it. For indeed the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters. 22 Only on this condition will the men consent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised. 23 Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.” 24 And all who went out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem his son; every male was circumcised, all who (M)went out of the gate of his city.
25 Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, (N)Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the city and killed all the males. 26 And they (O)killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house, and went out. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field, 29 and all their wealth. All their little ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that was in the houses.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, (P)“You have (Q)troubled me (R)by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; (S)and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I.”
31 But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a harlot?”
Footnotes
- Genesis 34:3 Lit. clung to
- Genesis 34:3 tenderly
- Genesis 34:5 kept silent
- Genesis 34:12 bride-price
Genesis 34
King James Version
34 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
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.
3 And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4 And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
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.
6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with 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.
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.
9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters 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.
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.
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.
13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
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:
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
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.
17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
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.
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
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.
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.
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell 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.
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.
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.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
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,
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.
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.
31 And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
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