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Genesis 34 Majority Standard Bible
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1 Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
1 Y SALIÓ Dina la hija de Lea, la cual había ésta parido á Jacob, á ver las hijas del país.
2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
2 Y vióla Sichêm, hijo de Hamor Heveo, príncipe de aquella tierra, y tomóla, y echóse con ella, y la deshonró.
3 And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
3 Mas su alma se apegó á Dina la hija de Lea, y enamoróse de la moza, y habló al corazón de la joven.
4 So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”
4 Y habló Sichêm á Hamor su padre, diciendo: Tómame por mujer esta moza.
5 Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
5 Y oyó Jacob que había [Sichêm] amancillado á Dina su hija: y estando sus hijos con su ganado en el campo, calló Jacob hasta que ellos viniesen.
6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.
6 Y dirigióse Hamor padre de Sichêm á Jacob, para hablar con él.
7 When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
7 Y los hijos de Jacob vinieron del campo cuando lo supieron; y se entristecieron los varones, y se ensañaron mucho, porque hizo vileza en Israel echándose con la hija de Jacob, lo que no se debía haber hecho.
8 But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
8 Y Hamor habló con ellos, diciendo: El alma de mi hijo Sichêm se ha apegado á vuestra hija; ruégoos que se la deis por mujer.
9 Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.
9 Y emparentad con nosotros; dadnos vuestras hijas, y tomad vosotros las nuestras.
10 You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
10 Y habitad con nosotros; porque la tierra estará delante de vosotros; morad y negociad en ella, y tomad en ella posesión.
11 Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.
11 Sichêm también dijo á su padre y á sus hermanos: Halle yo gracia en vuestros ojos, y daré lo que me dijereis.
12 Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”
12 Aumentad á cargo mío mucho dote y dones, que yo daré cuanto me dijereis, y dadme la moza por mujer.
13 But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
13 Y respondieron los hijos de Jacob á Sichêm y á Hamor su padre con engaño; y parlaron, por cuanto había amancillado á Dina su hermana.
14 “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
14 Y dijéronles: No podemos hacer esto de dar nuestra hermana á hombre que tiene prepucio; porque entre nosotros es abominación.
15 We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
15 Mas con esta condición os haremos placer: si habéis de ser como nosotros, que se circuncide entre vosotros todo varón;
16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
16 Entonces os daremos nuestras hijas, y tomaremos nosotros las vuestras; y habitaremos con vosotros, y seremos un pueblo.
17 But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
17 Mas si no nos prestareis oído para circuncidaros, tomaremos nuestra hija, y nos iremos.
18 Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
18 Y parecieron bien sus palabras á Hamor y á Sichêm, hijo de Hamor.
19 The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
19 Y no dilató el mozo hacer aquello, porque la hija de Jacob le había agradado: y él era el más honrado de toda la casa de su padre.
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
20 Entonces Hamor y Sichêm su hijo vinieron á la puerta de su ciudad, y hablaron á los varones de su ciudad, diciendo:
21 “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
21 Estos varones son pacíficos con nosotros, y habitarán en el país, y traficarán en él: pues he aquí la tierra es bastante ancha para ellos: nosotros tomaremos sus hijas por mujeres, y les daremos las nuestras.
22 But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
22 Mas con esta condición nos harán estos hombres el placer de habitar con nosotros, para que seamos un pueblo: si se circuncidare en nosotros todo varón, así como ellos son circuncidados.
23 Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
23 Sus ganados, y su hacienda y todas sus bestias, serán nuestras: solamente convengamos con ellos, y habitarán con nosotros.
24 All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
24 Y obedecieron á Hamor y á Sichêm su hijo todos los que salían por la puerta de la ciudad, y circuncidaron á todo varón, á cuantos salían por la puerta de su ciudad.
25 Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
25 Y sucedió que al tercer día, cuando sentían ellos el mayor dolor, los dos hijos de Jacob, Simeón y Leví, hermanos de Dina, tomaron cada uno su espada, y vinieron contra la ciudad animosamente, y mataron á todo varón.
26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
26 Y á Hamor y á Sichêm su hijo los mataron á filo de espada: y tomaron á Dina de casa de Sichêm, y saliéronse.
27 Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
27 Y los hijos de Jacob vinieron á los muertos, y saquearon la ciudad; por cuanto habían amancillado á su hermana.
28 They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.
28 Tomaron sus ovejas y vacas y sus asnos, y lo que había en la ciudad y en el campo,
29 They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.
29 Y toda su hacienda; se llevaron cautivos á todos sus niños y sus mujeres, y robaron todo lo que había en casa.
30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
30 Entonces dijo Jacob á Simeón y á Leví: Habéisme turbado con hacerme abominable á los moradores de aquesta tierra, el Cananeo y el Pherezeo; y teniendo yo pocos hombres, juntarse han contra mí, y me herirán, y seré destruído yo y mi casa.
31 But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
31 Y ellos respondieron: ¿Había él de tratar á nuestra hermana como á una ramera?
People & places in this chapter
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People
Dinah
The one named daughter of Jacob, at the center of a grievous episode at Shechem.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 30:21; 34
Hamor
A Hivite, the prince of the region and father of Shechem, from whose sons Jacob bought the plot where he pitched his tent; he and Shechem agreed to circumcision in order to…
Cited in the guide: Genesis 33:19; Genesis 34:2; Genesis 34:6
Jacob
He wrestled with God through the night and rose as Israel, father of twelve tribes.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 25–35; 46–49
Levi
A son of Leah whose tribe was set apart for the service of God.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:34; 34; Exodus 6:16–20
Shechem
Hamor's son, who seized Dinah, then asked to marry her, agreed to be circumcised, and was killed with his father by Simeon and Levi.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 34:2; Genesis 34:4; Genesis 34:18–19
Simeon
A son of Leah whose fierce anger drew his father's rebuke.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29:33; 34; 49:5–7
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 30:21; Jeremiah 2:36; Genesis 27:46; Genesis 46:15; Genesis 26:34
- 2 Matthew 5:28; Job 31:1; Judges 14:1; Proverbs 13:20; Job 31:9
- 3 Hosea 2:14; Isaiah 40:2; 2 Chronicles 30:22; Ruth 1:14; 2 Samuel 19:7
- 4 Judges 14:2; Genesis 21:21; 2 Samuel 13:13
- 5 2 Samuel 13:22; 1 Samuel 17:15; Genesis 37:13–14; Luke 15:29; Luke 15:25
- 7 Joshua 7:15; Judges 20:6; Deuteronomy 22:21; Genesis 20:9; Hebrews 13:4
- 8 Psalm 119:20; 1 Kings 11:2; Psalm 63:1; Genesis 34:3; Psalm 84:2
- 9 Deuteronomy 7:3; Genesis 24:3; Genesis 6:2; Genesis 26:34–35; Genesis 19:14
- 10 Genesis 47:27; Genesis 13:9; Genesis 42:34; Genesis 20:15; Genesis 34:21–23
- 11 Genesis 33:15; Genesis 18:3
- 12 Exodus 22:16–17; Genesis 24:53; Deuteronomy 22:28–29; 1 Samuel 18:25–27; Genesis 31:41
- 13 Genesis 25:27–34; Judges 15:3; Romans 12:19; Matthew 28:13; Proverbs 26:24–26
- 14 1 Samuel 17:36; 2 Samuel 1:20; Joshua 5:2–9; Matthew 2:8; 2 Samuel 15:7
- 15 Galatians 4:12
- 19 Numbers 22:15; Acts 13:50; Acts 17:12; Song of Songs 8:6; Isaiah 62:4
- 20 Ruth 4:1; Genesis 22:17; Amos 5:10; Proverbs 31:23; Deuteronomy 17:5
- 23 Proverbs 1:12–13; Acts 19:24–26; 1 Timothy 6:6–10; John 2:16; Proverbs 28:20
- 24 Genesis 23:10; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Isaiah 1:10–16; Genesis 23:18; Romans 2:28–29
- 25 Genesis 49:5–7; Genesis 29:33–34; 2 Chronicles 32:25; Numbers 31:17; Proverbs 6:34–35
- 26 Isaiah 31:8; Deuteronomy 32:42; 2 Samuel 2:26
- 27 Esther 9:16; Joshua 7:1; Genesis 34:2; Joshua 7:13; Genesis 34:31
- 28 Deuteronomy 8:17–18; Job 20:5; Job 1:15–16; Numbers 31:17
- 30 1 Samuel 13:4; Psalm 105:12; Exodus 5:21; Joshua 7:25; Genesis 28:13–14
- 31 Proverbs 6:34; Genesis 34:13; Genesis 49:7
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