Read Genesis 34:1-31 (The Living Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 34.1-31, Genesis 34v1-31, Gen. 34:1-31. One day Dinah, Leah’s daughter, went out to visit some of the neighborhood girls, but when Shechem, son of King Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and r…
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1 One day Dinah, Leah’s daughter, went out to visit some of the neighborhood girls,
2 but when Shechem, son of King Hamor the Hivite, saw her, he took her and raped her.
3 He fell deeply in love with her, and tried to win her affection.
4 Then he spoke to his father about it. “Get this girl for me,” he demanded. “I want to marry her.”
5 Word soon reached Jacob of what had happened, but his sons were out in the fields herding cattle, so he did nothing until their return.
8 Hamor told Jacob, “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter, and longs for her to be his wife. Please let him marry her.
11 Then Shechem addressed Dinah’s father and brothers. “Please be kind to me and let me have her as my wife,” he begged. “I will give whatever you require.
12 No matter what dowry or gift you demand, I will pay it—only give me the girl as my wife.”
13 Her brothers then lied to Shechem and Hamor, acting dishonorably because of what Shechem had done to their sister.
14 They said, “We couldn’t possibly. For you are not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for her to marry such a man.
15 I’ll tell you what we’ll do—if every man of you will be circumcised,
16 then we will intermarry with you and live here and unite with you to become one people.
17 Otherwise we will take her and be on our way.”
20 So Hamor and Shechem appeared before the city council and presented their request.
21 “Those men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and ply their trade. For the land is large enough to hold them, and we can intermarry with them.
22 But they will only consider staying here on one condition—that every one of us men be circumcised, the same as they are.
23 But if we do this, then all they have will become ours and the land will be enriched. Come on, let’s agree to this so that they will settle here among us.”
24 So all the men agreed, and all were circumcised.
25 But three days later, when their wounds were sore and sensitive to every move they made, two of Dinah’s brothers, Simeon and Levi, took their swords, entered the city without opposition, and slaughtered every man there,
26 including Hamor and Shechem. They rescued Dinah from Shechem’s house and returned to their camp again.
27 Then all of Jacob’s sons went over and plundered the city because their sister had been dishonored there.
28 They confiscated all the flocks and herds and donkeys—everything they could lay their hands on, both inside the city and outside in the fields,
29 and took all the women and children, and wealth of every kind.
30 Then Jacob said to Levi and Simeon, “You have made me stink among all the people of this land—all the Canaanites and Perizzites. We are so few that they will come and crush us, and we will all be killed.”
31 “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?” they retorted.
Le premier signe d'alliance L'arc-en-ciel apparaît pour la première fois dans la Bible comme un signe d'alliance : Dieu le place dans le ciel après le déluge pour promettre qu'il ne détruira plus jamais la terre par les eaux (Genèse 9:13-15).
Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph