The Byble in Englyshe that is to saye, the content of all the holye scrypture, bothe of the olde and newe Testament, truly translated after the veryte of the Hebrue and Greke textes, by the diligent studye of dyuers excellent lerned [men e]xperte in the fore[saide] tongues.

¶ The rauesshynge of Dyna Iacobs doughter. The men of Sichem are slayne by the sonnes of Iacob.

CAPI. XXXIIII.

DINA the doughter of Lea, * 1.1 whiche [unspec A] she bare vnto Iacob, went out to se the doughters of the lande. Whome when Sichem the son of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey saw, he toke her, and lay with her, and * 1.2 forced her, and his harte lay vnto Dina the doughter of Iacob. And he loued that damsell and spake kyndly vnto her, and Sichem spake vnto his father Hemor, say∣enge: get me this mayden vnto my wyfe.

And Iacob herde that he had defyled Dina his doughter, his sonnes beynge with theyr cattel in the felde, and he helde his peace, vn∣tyll they were come. And Hemor the father of Sichem wente out vnto Iacob, to common with him. And when the sonn{is} of Iacob com∣myng out of the felde herde it, it greued them and they were not a lytell wrothe, bycause he had wrought folye in Israell, in that he had layne with Iacobs doughter, whiche thynge ought not to be done. And Hemor cōmoned with them sayenge: the soule of my son Si∣chem [unspec B] longeth for youre doughter: gyue her hym to wyfe, & make maryage with vs / and gyue your doughters vnto vs, and take our doughters vnto you, and ye shall dwell with vs, & the lande shall be before you, dwell and do your busynes, and haue your possessyons therein. And Sichem sayde vnto her father, and her brethren: let me fynde grace in youre eyes, and what soeuer ye apoynt me, that wyl I gyue. Aske frely of me, bothe the dowrye, and gyftes, and I wyll gyue accordynge as ye say vnto me, so that ye gyue me the Dam∣sell to wyfe.

But the sonnes of Iacob answered to Si∣chem and Hemor his father talkyng among them selues deceytefully, bycause he had de∣fyled Dina theyr syster. And they sayde vnto them. We can not do this thing that we shuld gyue our syster to one that is vncircumcised, for that were a shame vnto vs. But in this wyll we consente vnto you? If ye wyll be as we be, & all the men chyldren amonge you be circumcysed, thē wyl we gyue our doughters to you, & take your doughters to vs, & wyll dwell with you, & be one people. But & yf ye wyl not herken vnto vs to be circūcised, then wyll we take our doughter & go our wayes. Theyr wordes pleased Hemor, and Sichem [unspec C] his sonne. And the yonge man deferred not for to do the thynge, bycause he had a lust to Iacobs doughter. He was also moost set by of all that were in his fathers house. Then Hemor & Sichem his sonne wente vnto the gate of theyr cytie, and cōmoned with the mē

of theyʒ cytie, sayeng. These men are vnfay∣ned towarde vs, and dwell in the lande and do theyr ocupacyon therin. And in the lande is to wine ynoughe for them, we wyll take theyr doughters to wyues, and gyue them our doughters. Onely herein wyll they con∣sent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people. Yf all the men chyldren that are among vs be circumcised as they are. Shall not theyr goodes, and theyr substaunce, and all theyr cattel be ours, only yf we consent vn to them? For they wyll dwell with vs.

And vnto Hemor and Sichem his sonne [unspec D] herkened all that went out at the gate of his cytie. And all the men chyldren were circum∣cised, what so euer wente out at the gates of his cytie. And it happened the thyrde daye (when it was paynefull to them) two of the sonnes of Iacob Symeon and Leui Dinas brethren, toke eyther of them his * 1.3 swerde & wente in to the cytie boldly, and siewe all that was male, and slewe also Hemor & Sichem his sonne with the edge of the swerde, & toke Dina out of Sichems house, and went theyr way. And the sonnes of Iacob comyng vpon the deed, spoyled the cytie, bycause they had defyled theyr syster, & toke theyr sheepe, oxen, and theyr asses, and what soeuer was in the cytie, & also in the feldes. And all theyr goo∣des and all theyr chyldren, and theyr wyues toke they captyue and made hauocke of all that was in the house.

But Iacob sayd to Symeon and Leui. Ye haue troubled me and made me stynke be¦fore the inhabytours of the lande, before the Canaanyte and the Pherezite. And I beyng fewe in nombre, they shal gather them selues togyther agaynst me and slee me, and so shal I and my house be destroyed. And they an∣swered, shulde they deale with our syster as with an hore?

Notes

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