Genesis 34

Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land.

وَخَرَجَتْ دِينَةُ ابْنَةُ لَيْئَةَ الَّتِي أَنْجَبَتْهَا لِيَعْقُوبَ لِتَتَعَرَّفَ عَلَى بَنَاتِ الْمِنْطَقَةِ الْمُحِيطَةِ،

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.

فَرَآهَا شَكِيمُ بنُ حَمُورَ الْحِوِّيِّ، رَئِيسِ الْمِنْطَقَةِ، فَأَخَذَهَا وَاغْتَصَبَهَا وَلَوَّثَ شَرَفَهَا،

His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

وَأُغْرِمَ قَلْبُهُ بِدِينَةَ وَلاطَفَهَا.

And Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as my wife.”

وَقَالَ شَكِيمُ لِحَمُورَ أَبِيهِ: «خُذْ لِي هَذِهِ الْفَتَاةَ زَوْجَةً».

When Jacob heard that his daughter Dinah had been defiled, his sons were in the fields with his livestock; so he did nothing about it until they came home.

وَسَمِعَ يَعْقُوبُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ لَوَّثَ شَرَفَ ابْنَتِهِ دِينَةَ. وَكَانَ بَنُوهُ آنَئِذٍ يَرْعَوْنَ مَوَاشِيَهِ فِي الْحَقْلِ، فَسَكَتَ حَتَّى رَجَعُوا.

Then Shechem’s father Hamor went out to talk with Jacob.

وَوَفَدَ حَمُورُ وَالِدُ شَكِيمَ عَلَى يَعْقُوبَ لِيُخَاطِبَهُ بِشَأْنِ دِينَةَ

Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in^[a] Israel by sleeping with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

وَأَتَى بَنُو يَعْقُوبَ مِنَ الْحَقْلِ عِنْدَمَا سَمِعُوا بِالأَمْرِ، وَقَدِ اسْتَشَاطُوا غَضَباً وَغَيْظاً لأَنَّ شَكِيمَ قَدِ ارْتَكَبَ فَاحِشَةً فِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بِمُضَاجَعَةِ ابْنَةِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَهُوَ أَمْرٌ مَحْظُورٌ.

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

وَقَالَ حَمُورُ: «لَقَدْ تَعَلَّقَتْ نَفْسُ ابْنِي شَكِيمَ بِابْنَتِكُمْ، فَأَطْلُبُ إِلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تُزَوِّجُوهُ مِنْهَا.

Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.

صَاهِرُونَا، وَزَوِّجُونَا بَنَاتِكُمْ، وَتَزَوَّجُوا مِنْ بَنَاتِنَا،

You can settle among us; the land is open to you. Live in it, trade^[b] in it, and acquire property in it.”

وَاسْكُنُوا مَعَنَا، فَهَا هِيَ الأَرْضُ أَمَامَكُمْ. أَقِيمُوا بِها وَاتَّجِرُوا وَتَمَلَّكُوا فِيهَا».

Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.

وَقَالَ شَكِيمُ لأَبِيهَا وَإِخْوَتِهَا: «دَعُونِي أَحْظَى بِرِضَاكُمْ، وَكُلُّ مَا تَسْأَلُونَهُ أُعْطِيهِ.

Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I’ll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the young woman as my wife.”

أَغْلُوا عَلَيَّ الْمَهْرَ وَالْهَدِيَّةَ فَأَبْذُلَهُمَا كَمَا تَطْلُبُونَ، إِنَّمَا زَوِّجُونِي مِنَ الْفَتَاةِ».

Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob’s sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

وَأَجَابَ أَبْنَاءُ يَعْقُوبَ شَكِيمَ وَأَبَاهُ حَمُورَ بِدَهَاءٍ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ قَدْ لَوَّثَ شَرَفَ أُخْتِهِمْ،

They said to them, “We can’t do such a thing; we can’t give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.

وَقَالُوا لَهُمَا: «لا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ هَذَا الأَمْرُ فَنُعْطِيَ أُخْتَنَا لأَغْلَفَ، لأَنَّ هَذَا عَارٌ عَلَيْنَا.

We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.

غَيْرَ أَنَّنَا نُوَافِقُ عَلَى طَلَبِكُمْ إِنْ صِرْتُمْ مِثْلَنَا، وَاخْتَتَنَ كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْكُمْ،

Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We’ll settle among you and become one people with you.

عِنْدَئِذٍ نُزَوِّجُكُمْ بَنَاتِنَا، وَنَتَزَوَّجُ مِنْ بَنَاتِكُمْ، فَنُقِيمُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَنُصْبِحُ شَعْباً وَاحِداً،

But if you will not agree to be circumcised, we’ll take our sister and go.”

وَإِنْ لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا لَنَا وَتَخْتَتِنُوا، نَأْخُذُ ابْنَتَنَا وَنَمْضِي».

Their proposal seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

فَاسْتَحْسَنَ حَمُورُ وَوَلَدُهُ شَكِيمُ كَلامَهُمْ،

The young man, who was the most honored of all his father’s family, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

وَلَمْ يَتَوَانَ الشَّابُ عَنْ تَنْفِيذِ الأَمْرِ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ مُغْرَماً بِابْنَةِ يَعْقُوبَ، وَكَانَ أَكْرَمَ جَمِيعِ بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ.

So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.

فَجَاءَ حَمُورُ وَشَكِيمُ ابْنُهُ إِلَى مَجْلِسِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَقَالا لِرِجَالِهَا:

“These men are friendly toward us,” they said. “Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.

«إِنَّ هَؤُلاءِ الْقَوْمَ مُسَالِمُونَ لَنَا، فَلْنَدَعْهُمْ يُقِيمُونَ فِي الأَرْضِ وَيَتَّجِرُونَ فِيهَا، فَالأَرْضُ رَحْبَةٌ أَمَامَهُمْ، وَلْنَتَزَوَّجْ بَنَاتِهِمْ وَهُمْ يَتَزَوَّجُونَ بَنَاتِنَا.

But the men will agree to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.

وَقَدِ اشْتَرَطُوا لِلإِقَامَةِ بَيْنَنَا وَأَنْ نُصْبِحَ شَعْباً وَاحِداً، أَنْ يَخْتَتِنَ كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ كَمَا هُمْ

Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”

عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ تُصْبِحُ مَاشِيَتُهُمْ وَمُقْتَنَيَاتُهُمْ وَكُلُّ بَهَائِمِهِمْ مِلْكاً لَنَا. فَلْنُوَافِقْهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَيُقِيمُوا مَعَنَا».

All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.

فَوَافَقَ جَمِيعُ الْحَاضِرِينَ فِي مَجْلِسِ الْمَدِينَةِ عَلَى كَلامِ حَمُورَ وَابْنِهِ شَكِيمَ، فَاخْتَتَنَ كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ.

Three days later, while all of them were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and attacked the unsuspecting city, killing every male.

وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ، بَيْنَمَا هُمْ مَازَالُوا مُتَوَجِّعِينَ، تَقَلَّدَ شِمْعُونَ وَلاوِي ابْنَا يَعْقُوبَ وَأَخَوَيْ دِينَةَ، سَيْفَيهِمَا، وَدَخَلا الْمَدِينَةَ بِجَرَاءَةٍ وَقَتَلا كُلَّ الذُّكُورِ.

They put Hamor and his son Shechem to the sword and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left.

وَقَتَلا أَيْضاً حَمُورَ وَشَكِيمَ بِحَدِّ السَّيْفِ، وَأَنْقَذَا دِينَةَ مِنْ بَيْتِ شَكِيمَ وَخَرَجَا.

The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and looted the city where^[c] their sister had been defiled.

ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ بَنُو يَعْقُوبَ عَلَى الْقَتْلَى وَنَهَبُوا الْمَدِينَةَ لأَنَّهُمْ لَوَّثُوا شَرَفَ أُخْتِهِمْ،

They seized their flocks and herds and donkeys and everything else of theirs in the city and out in the fields.

وَاسْتَوْلَوْا عَلَى غَنَمِهِمْ وَبَقَرِهِمْ وَحَمِيرِهِمْ وَعَلَى كُلِّ مَا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَفِي الْحَقْلِ،

They carried off all their wealth and all their women and children, taking as plunder everything in the houses.

وَسَبَوْا وَنَهَبُوا جَمِيعَ ثَرْوَتِهِمْ وَكُلَّ أَطْفَالِهِمْ وَنِسَائِهِمْ وَكُلَّ مَا فِي الْبُيُوتِ.

Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me obnoxious to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people living in this land. We are few in number, and if they join forces against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

فَقَالَ يَعْقُوبُ لِشِمْعُونَ وَلاوِي: «لَقَدْ جَلَبْتُمَا عَلَيَّ الشَّقَاءَ وَكَرَاهِيَةَ الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ وَالْفِرِزِّيِّينَ السَّاكِنِينَ فِي هَذِهِ الْبِلادِ. وَهَا أَنَا نَفَرٌ قَلِيلٌ، فَيَتَأَلَّبُونَ عَلَيَّ وَيَقْتُلُونَنِي، فَأَبِيدُ أَنَا وَبَيْتِي».

But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

فَقَالا لَهُ: «أَمِثْلَ زَانِيَةٍ يُعَامِلُ أُخْتَنَا؟».