Liber Genesis, 34

1. egressa est autem Dina filia Liæ ut videret mulieres regionis illius

1. And Dina the daughter of Lia went out to see the women of that country.

2. quam cum vidisset Sychem filius Emor Evei princeps terræ illius adamavit et rapuit et dormivit cum illa vi opprimens virginem

2. And when Sichem the son of Hemor the Hevite, the prince of that land, saw her, he was in love with her: and took her away, and lay with her, ravishing the virgin.

3. et conglutinata est anima ejus cum ea tristemque blanditiis delinivit

3. And his soul was fast knit unto her, and whereas she was sad, he comforted her with sweet words.

4. et pergens ad Emor patrem suum accipe mihi inquit puellam hanc coniugem

4. And going to Hemor his father, he said: Get me this damsel to wife.

5. quod cum audisset Jacob absentibus filiis et in pastu occupatis pecorum siluit donec redirent

5. But when Jacob had heard this, his sons being absent, and employed in feeding the cattle, he held his peace till they came back.

6. egresso autem Emor patre Sychem ut loqueretur ad Jacob

6. And when Hemor the father of Sichem was come out to speak to Jacob,

7. ecce filii ejus veniebant de agro auditoque quod acciderat irati sunt valde eo quod fœdam rem esset operatus in Israël et violata filia Jacob rem inlicitam perpetrasset

7. Behold his sons came from the field: and hearing what had passed, they were exceeding angry, because he had done a foul thing in Israel, and committed an unlawful act, in ravishing Jacob's daughter,

8. locutus est itaque Emor ad eos Sychem filii mei adhesit anima filiæ vestræ date eam illi uxorem

8. And Hemor spoke to them: The soul of my son Sichem has a longing for your daughter: give her him to wife:

9. et jungamus vicissim conubia filias vestras tradite nobis et filias nostras accipite

9. And let us contract marriages one with another: give us your daughters and take you our daughters,

10. et habitate nobiscum terra in potestate vestra est exercete negotiamini et possidete eam

10. And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade,and possess it.

11. sed et Sychem ad patrem et ad fratres ejus ait inveniam gratiam coram vobis et quæcumque statueritis dabo

11. Sichem also said to her father and to her brethren: Let me find favor in your sight: and whatsoever you shall appoint I will give.

12. augete dotem munera postulate libens tribuam quod petieritis tantum date mihi puellam hanc uxorem

12. Raise the dowery,, and ask gifts, and I will gladly give what you shall demand: only give me this damsel to wife.

13. responderunt filii Jacob Sychem et patri ejus in dolo sævientes ob stuprum sororis

13. The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

14. non possumus facere quod petitis nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso quod inlicitum et nefarium est apud nos

14. We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.

15. sed in hoc valebimus fœderari si esse volueritis nostri similes et circumcidatur in vobis omne masculini sexus

15. But in this way may we be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

16. tunc dabimus et accipiemus mutuo filias nostras ac vestras et habitabimus vobiscum erimusque unus populus

16. Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:

17. sin autem circumcidi nolueritis tollemus filiam nostram et recedemus

17. But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart:

18. placuit oblatio eorum Emor et Sychem filio ejus

18. Their offer pleased Hemor, and Sichem his son:

19. nec distulit adulescens quin statim quod petebatur expleret amabat enim puellam valde et ipse erat inclitus in omni domo patris sui

19. And the young man made no delay, but forthwith fulfilled what was required, for he loved the damsel exceedingly, and he was the greatest man in all his father's house.

20. ingressique portam urbis locuti sunt populo

20. And going into the gate of the city they spoke to the people:

21. viri isti pacifici sunt et volunt habitare nobiscum negotientur in terra et exerceant eam quæ spatiosa et lata cultoribus indiget filias eorum accipiemus uxores et nostras illis dabimus

21. These men are peaceable and willing to dwell with us: let them trade in the land, and till it, which being large and wide wanteth men to till it: we shall take their daughters for wives, and we will give them ours.

22. unum est quod differtur tantum bonum si circumcidamus masculos nostros ritum gentis imitantes

22. One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

23. et substantia eorum et pecora et cuncta quæ possident nostra erunt tantum in hoc adquiescamus et habitantes simul unum efficiemus populum

23. And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours: only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.

24. adsensi sunt omnes circumcisis cunctis maribus

24. And they all agreed, and circumcised all the males.

25. et ecce die tertio quando gravissimus vulnerum dolor est arreptis duo Jacob filii Symeon et Levi fratres Dinæ gladiis ingressi sunt urbem confidenter interfectisque omnibus masculis

25. And behold the third day, when the pain of the wound was greatest, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, taking their swords, entered boldly into the city, and slew all the men:

26. Emor et Sychem pariter necaverunt tollentes Dinam de domo Sychem sororem suam

26. And they killed also Hemor and Sichem, and took away their sister Dina, out of Sichem's house.

27. quibus egressis inruerunt super occisos ceteri filii Jacob et depopulati sunt urbem in ultionem stupri

27. And when they were gone out, the other sons of Jacob came upon the slain; and plundered the city in revenge of the rape.

28. oves eorum et armenta et asinos cunctaque vastantes quæ in domibus et in agris erant

28. And they took their sheep and their herds and their asses, wasting all they had in their houses and in the fields.

29. parvulos quoque et uxores eorum duxere captivas

29. and their children and wives they took captive,

30. quibus patratis audacter Jacob dixit ad Symeon et Levi turbastis me et odiosum fecistis Chananeis et Ferezeis habitatoribus terræ hujus nos pauci sumus illi congregati percutient me et delebor ego et domus mea

30. And when they had boldly perpetrated these things, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: You have troubled me, and made me hateful to the Chanaanites and Pherezites, the inhabitants of this land: we are few: they will gather themselves together and kill me; and both I, and my house, shall be destroyed.

31. responderunt numquid ut scorto abuti debuere sorore nostra

31. They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet?