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Genesis 34 Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
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1 Dina, la hija de Lea, salió un día a visitar a algunas de las muchachas del lugar.
1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
2 Y la vio Siquén hijo de Jamor, el jefe de los heveos. Entonces la agarró a la fuerza y la violó.
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 Pero Siquén quedó profundamente enamorado de ella y trató de ganarse su cariño.
3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
4 Por eso le dijo a su padre: ―Ve y pídeme a esa joven por esposa, pues quiero casarme con ella.
4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, “Get me this young lady as a wife.”
5 Cuando Jacob se enteró de que Siquén había violado a su hija Dina, sus hijos estaban en el campo pastoreando el ganado, de modo que no hizo nada hasta el regreso de ellos.
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 Mientras tanto, Jamor, padre de Siquén, fue a hablar con Jacob. Llegó en el mismo momento en que los hijos de Jacob regresaban del campo. Al enterarse de lo sucedido se llenaron de ira, pues lo que Siquén hizo fue una ofensa muy grande para Israel. ¡Eso nunca debió haberlo hecho!
6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.
7 Not in this translation
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 Pero Jamor les dijo: ―Mi hijo Siquén está muy enamorado de la hermana de ustedes. Por favor, permítanle casarse con ella.
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 Aun más, los invitamos a que vivan entre nosotros y que las hijas de ustedes se casen con nuestros hijos, y nosotros daremos nuestras hijas a los jóvenes de ustedes. Podrán vivir en donde quieran en nuestra tierra, negociar en ella y enriquecerse.
9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
10 Not in this translation
10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it.”
11 Siquén también les dijo a Jacob y a los hermanos de Dina: ―Sean bondadosos conmigo y dénmela por esposa. Yo les daré cualquier cosa que pidan.
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 No importa que la dote que pidan sea muy alta, yo la pagaré. Pero, ¡denme a la muchacha por esposa!
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 Los hermanos de Dina entonces les mintieron a Siquén y a Jamor, pues les respondieron con engaños. Hicieron esto en venganza por lo que Siquén le había hecho a Dina.
13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit when they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,
14 Así que les dijeron: ―A nosotros no nos está permitido entregarle nuestra hermana a un hombre que no está circuncidado. ¡Eso sería una deshonra para nosotros!
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 Ahora bien, si ustedes aceptan que todo varón entre ustedes se circuncide, entonces podremos darles nuestras hijas para que se casen con ellas. Además, nuestros hijos podrían casarse con las hijas de ustedes. Esa es la condición que les ponemos. Entonces nos quedaremos a vivir con ustedes y formaremos un solo pueblo.
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 Not in this translation
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 Si no es así nos iremos de aquí y nos llevaremos a nuestra hermana.
17 But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.”
18 Jamor y Siquén aceptaron gustosamente la propuesta. Y como Siquén estaba tan enamorado de Dina, no vaciló en circuncidarse inmediatamente. Siquén estaba seguro de que podría convencer a todos los hombres de la ciudad, pues gozaba del respeto de todos ellos.
18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.
19 Not in this translation
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 Así que Jamor y Siquén regresaron a la ciudad y se presentaron ante el concejo de la ciudad para hacer su petición.
20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
21 ―Estos hombres son amigos nuestros —dijeron—. Invitémosles a vivir entre nosotros y a que tengan sus negocios aquí, pues la tierra que tenemos es suficientemente extensa. Nosotros podremos casarnos con sus hijas, y ellos con las nuestras.
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 Sin embargo, no aceptarán si no cumplimos una condición: que todo hombre entre nosotros sea circuncidado, al igual que ellos. Si hacemos esto, todo lo que ellos tienen será también nuestro, y la tierra se habrá enriquecido. Vamos, aprueben esto para que ellos se queden a vivir entre nosotros.
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 Not in this translation
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 Todos los hombres estuvieron de acuerdo, de modo que se circuncidaron.
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 Pero a los tres días de haberse circuncidado, es decir, cuando más dolor sentían, fueron sorprendidos por Simeón y Leví, hijos de Jacob y hermanos de Dina. En efecto, aprovechando esa circunstancia, Simeón y Leví agarraron sus espadas, entraron en la ciudad y mataron a todos los hombres, incluyendo a Siquén y a Jamor. Luego sacaron a Dina de la casa de Siquén, y regresaron al campamento.
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 Not in this translation
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 Después todos los hijos de Jacob fueron y saquearon la ciudad con el pretexto de que su hermana había sido violada allí.
27 Jacob’s sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28 Se apoderaron de todo el ganado, ovejas, vacas y burros, y de todo lo que había en la ciudad y en el campo.
28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,
29 También se llevaron a las mujeres, a los niños, y todo tipo de riquezas.
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 Entonces Jacob les dijo a Leví y a Simeón: ―Ustedes me han hecho un mal muy grande. A partir de hoy, los cananeos y los ferezeos que viven en esta región me van a odiar. Si ellos se unen y nos atacan, nos matarán a todos, pues cuento con muy pocos hombres para defenderme.
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 Pero ellos respondieron: ―¿Acaso tenía él derecho de tratar a nuestra hermana como si fuera una prostituta?
31 They said, “Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?”
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
Rachel
Jacob's beloved wife, mother of Joseph and Benjamin, who died in childbirth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 29-35
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 (19)
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
- 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
- 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
- 20 Ruth 4:1; Genesis 22:17; Amos 5:10; Proverbs 31:23; Deuteronomy 17:5
- 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
- 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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences