1En dag gik Leas datter Dina ud for at besøge nogle af de unge piger, som boede der på stedet.2Men da Sikem, der var søn af hivvitten Hamor, som var byens konge, fik øje på hende, greb han fat i hende og voldtog hende.3Han blev dybt forelsket i hende og forsøgte at vinde hendes kærlighed.4Han sagde derfor til sin far: „Den pige vil jeg giftes med! Hjælp mig med at få hende!”5Jakob fik hurtigt at vide, at hans datter var blevet vanæret, men da hans sønner var ude for at passe dyrene, ville han ikke foretage sig noget, før de kom hjem igen.6Sikems far, Hamor, begav sig på vej hen til Jakob sammen med sin søn for at få en aftale.7Jakobs sønner var kommet hjem fra marken, så snart de hørte, hvad der var sket. De var chokerede og rasende over, at Sikem havde været så skamløs og voldtaget deres søster og derved havde bragt skam over hende og hele Jakobs familie.8Hamor fremkom nu med sit ærinde over for dem: „Min søn Sikem er forelsket i din datter. Han kan slet ikke vente med at få hende til kone. Vær rar og lad ham gifte sig med hende!”9-10Så tilføjede han: „I øvrigt vil jeg indbyde dig og dine folk til at slå jer ned her iblandt os, så jeres døtre kan gifte sig med vores sønner, og vores døtre med jeres sønner. I må slå jer ned, hvor I har lyst, og færdes frit iblandt os og blive velstående folk.”11Sikem tog derefter ordet, og henvendt til Dinas far og brødre sagde han: „Vis mig godhed og lad mig gifte mig med Dina! Jeg vil give jer hvad som helst, I beder om!12Uanset hvor stor en brudepris eller anden gave, I forlanger, er jeg villig til at betale—hvis I blot vil give mig pigen!”13Men Dinas brødre gav Sikem og Hamor et listigt svar på grund af det, Sikem havde gjort imod deres søster. De sagde:14„Det kan vi umuligt gå med til, for du er ikke omskåret. Det ville være en stor skam for en kvinde fra vores familie at gifte sig med en mand som dig.15Men hvis alle jeres mænd vil blive omskåret som os,16har vi ikke noget imod giftermål med jer. Så slår vi os gerne ned her og bliver ét med jer.17Men hvis I ikke vil gå ind på det forslag, tager vi vores søster og rejser herfra.”18Hamor og Sikem gik straks ind på forslaget.19Sikem ville ingen tid spilde, for han var meget forelsket i Dina. Han var også den, der havde mest at sige i sin familie.20Hamor og Sikem fremlagde nu forslaget for byens ledere, som samledes på pladsen ved byporten.21„Disse folk er vores venner,” begyndte de. „Lad os indbyde dem til at slå sig ned iblandt os og leve af deres erhverv som alle andre. Landet er jo stort nok til at rumme dem, og deres unge og vores unge kan gifte sig med hinanden.22Men de vil kun blive her på den betingelse, at alle vores mænd bliver omskåret, lige som de er.23Hvis vi accepterer, bliver alle deres husdyr og anden ejendom i sidste ende vores. Lad os gå ind på deres betingelse, så de bliver boende hos os.”24Forslaget blev accepteret, og alle mændene i byen blev omskåret.25Men to dage senere, da de alle lå med feber og smerter, greb to af Dinas brødre, Simeon og Levi, deres sværd og gik uhindret ind i byen og dræbte samtlige mænd—26deriblandt også Hamor og Sikem. Så hentede de Dina i Sikems hus og vendte tilbage til lejren med hende.27Derefter gik alle Jakobs sønner ind og plyndrede byen, hvor deres søster var blevet voldtaget.28De tog alle får og køer og æsler i byen og på markerne udenfor.29Alt, der havde nogen værdi, tog de, og kvinderne og børnene tog de til fange.30Men Jakob bebrejdede Simeon og Levi, hvad de havde gjort. „I har gjort mig meget upopulær!” sagde han. „Nu kan jeg takke jer for, at landets indbyggere, kana’anæerne og perizzitterne, er blevet mine fjender. Vi er jo ikke ret mange, så hvis de slår sig sammen og angriber os, er det ude med os.”31„Synes du måske, at Sikem skulle have lov til at behandle vores søster som en luder?” indvendte de vredt.
1Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land. (1.Mos 30,21)2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her. (Ap G 7,16)3And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.4So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, “Get me this girl for my wife.” (Dom 14,2)5Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah. But his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.7The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter, for such a thing must not be done. (1.Mos 20,9; 1.Mos 34,31; 1.Mos 49,7; Josva 7,15; Dom 20,6; 2.Sam 13,12)8But Hamor spoke with them, saying, “The soul of my son Shechem longs for your[1] daughter. Please give her to him to be his wife.9Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.10You shall dwell with us, and the land shall be open to you. Dwell and trade in it, and get property in it.” (1.Mos 13,9; 1.Mos 20,15; 1.Mos 34,21; 1.Mos 42,34; 1.Mos 47,27)11Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give. (1.Mos 33,15)12Ask me for as great a bride-price[2] and gift as you will, and I will give whatever you say to me. Only give me the young woman to be my wife.” (2.Mos 22,16; 5.Mos 22,29; 1.Sam 18,25)13The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.14They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. (Josva 5,9)15Only on this condition will we agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among you being circumcised.16Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.17But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.”18Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor’s son Shechem.19And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob’s daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his father’s house. (1.Krøn 4,9)20So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, (Ruth 4,1)21“These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters. (1.Mos 34,10; 1.Mos 42,34)22Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us to become one people—when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.23Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us.”24And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. (1.Mos 23,10)25On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males. (1.Mos 29,33; 1.Mos 30,21; 1.Mos 49,5)26They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and went away.27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.28They took their flocks and their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.29All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and plundered.30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.” (1.Mos 13,7; 1.Mos 15,20; 2.Mos 5,21; Josva 7,25; 1.Sam 13,4; 1.Sam 27,12; 2.Sam 10,6; 2.Sam 16,21; 1.Krøn 16,19; 1.Krøn 19,6; Salm 105,12)31But they said, “Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?”