Genesis 33:1–34:31
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Genesis 33:1–34:31 · Psalm 9 (MT: 9) · Proverbs 3:21–26 · Matthew 12:1–21
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1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and beheld, and lo! Esau his brother coming, and four hundred men with him; and Jacob divided the children to Lea and to Rachel, and the two handmaidens.
1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
2And he put the two handmaidens and their children with the first, and Lea and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.
2And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
3But he advanced himself before them, and did reverence to the ground seven times, until he drew near to his brother.
3And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
4And Esau ran on to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they both wept.
4And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
5And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.
5And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
6And the maid-servants and their children drew near and did reverence.
6Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
7And Lea and her children drew nearand did reverence; and after this drew near Rachel and Joseph, and did reverence.
7And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
8And he said, What are these things to thee, all these companies that I have met? And he said, That thy servant might find grace in thy sight, my lord.
8And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
9And Esau said, I have much, my brother; keep thine own.
9And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.
10And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-pleased with me.
10And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
11Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took [them].
11Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it.
12And he said, Let us depart, and proceed right onward.
12And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee.
13And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die.
13And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.
14Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children , until I come to my lord to Seir.
14Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.
15And Esau said, I will leave with thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favour before thee, [my] lord.
15And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord.
16And Esau returned on that day on his journey to Seir.
16So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
17And Jacob departs to his tents; and he made for himself there habitations, and for his cattle he made booths; therefore he called the name of that place, Booths.
17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
18And Jacob came to Salem, a city of Secima, which is in the land of Chanaan, when he departed out of Mesopotamia of Syria, and took up a position in front of the city.
18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
19And he bought the portion of the field, where he pitched his tent, of Emmor the father of Sychem, for a hundred lambs.
19And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for an hundred pieces of money.
20And he set up there an altar, and called on the God of Israel.
20And he erected there an altar, and called it El–elohe–Israel.
1And Dina, the daughter of Lea, whom she bore to Jacob, went forth to observe the daughters of the inhabitants.
1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2And Sychem the son of Emmor the Evite, the ruler of the land, saw her, and took herand lay with her, and humbled her.
2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
3And he was attached to the soul of Dina the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel.
3And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
4Sychem spoke to Emmor his father , saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.
4And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
5And Jacob heard that the son of Emmor had defiled Dina his daughter (now his sons were with his cattle in the plain). And Jacob was silent until they came.
5And 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.
6And Emmor the father of Sychem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him.
6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
7And the sons of Jacob came from the plain; and when they heard, the men were deeply pained, and it was very grievous to them, because [the man] wrought folly in Israel, having lain with the daughter of Jacob, and so it must not be .
7And 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.
8And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,
8And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
9and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters , and take our daughters for your sons.
9And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
10And dwell in the midst of us; and, behold, the land is spacious before you, dwell in it, and trade , and get possessions in it.
10And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
11And Sychem said to her father and to her brothers, I would find grace before you, and we will give whatever ye shall name.
11And 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.
12Multiply [your demand of] dowry very much , and I will give accordingly as ye shall say to me, only ye shall give me this damsel for a wife.
12Ask 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.
13And the sons of Jacob answered to Sychem and Emmor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dina their sister.
13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.
14And 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:
15Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell among you, if ye also will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised.
15But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
16And we will give our daughters to you, and we will take of your daughters for wives to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will be as one race.
16Then 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.
17But if ye will not hearken to usto be circumcised, we will take our daughterand depart.
17But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18And the words pleased Emmor, and Sychem the son of Emmor.
18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
19And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob's daughter, and he was the most honourable of all in his father's house.
19And 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.
20And Emmor and Sychem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
20And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21These men are peaceable, let them dwell with us upon the land, and let them trade in it, and behold the landis extensive before them; we will take their daughters to us for wives, and we will give them our daughters.
21These 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.
22Only on these terms will the men conform to us to dwell with us so as to be one people, if every male of us be circumcised, as they also are circumcised.
22Only 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.
23And shall not their cattle and their herds, and their possessions, be ours? only in this let us conform to them, and they will dwell with us.
23Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24And all that went in at the gate of their city hearkened to Emmor and Sychem his son, and they were circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin every male.
24And 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.
25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.
25And 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.
26And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.
26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went out.
27But the sons of Jacob came upon the wounded, and ravaged the city wherein they had defiled Dina their sister.
27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28And their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses they took, and all things whatsoever were in the city, and whatsoever were in the plain.
28They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
29And they took captive all the persons of them, and all their store, and their wives , and plundered both whatever things there were in the city, and whatever things there were in the houses.
29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
30And Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, Ye have made me hateful so that I should be evil to all the inhabitants of the land, both among the Chananites and the Pherezites, and I am few in number; they will gather themselves against meand cut me in pieces, and I shall be utterly destroyed, and my house.
30And 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.
31And they said, Nay, but shall they treat our sister as an harlot?
31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?