Genesis 34
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Genesis 34:20-31

20AndHamorחֲמ֛וֹרcha.MorH2544andShechemוּשְׁכֶ֥םu.she.KhemH7927hissonבְּנ֖וֹbe.NoH1121cameH935untothegateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179oftheircityעִירָ֑ם'i.RamH5892,andcommunedwiththemenH376oftheircityעִירָ֖ם'i.RamH5892,sayingלֵאמֹֽר׃le.MorH559,
21ThesemenH376arepeaceablewithus;thereforeletthemdwellוְיֵשְׁב֤וּve.ye.she.VuH3427inthelandבָאָ֙רֶץ֙va.'A.retzH776,andtradetherein;for,behold,thelandוְהָאָ֛רֶץve.ha.'A.retzH776islargeenoughforthem;letustakeנִקַּֽח־ni.kach-H3947theirdaughtersבְּנֹתָם֙be.no.TamH1323tousforwivesH802,andletusgiveנִתֵּ֥ןni.TenH5414themourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323.
22Onlyאַךְ־'akh-H389onthisconditionwillthemenH376consentuntoustodwellלָשֶׁ֣בֶתla.She.vetH3427withus,tobecomeלִהְי֖וֹתlih.YotH1961oneאֶחָ֑ד'e.ChadH259peopleלְעַ֣םle.'AmH5971,ifeverymaleזָכָ֔רza.KharH2145amongusbeH1961circumcisedH4135,astheyarecircumcisedH4135.
23ShallnottheircattleH929andtheirsubstanceandalltheirbeastsbeours?onlyאַ֚ךְ'akhH389letusconsentuntothem,andtheywilldwellוְיֵשְׁב֖וּve.ye.she.VuH3427withus.
24AnduntoHamorחֲמוֹר֙cha.mOrH2544anduntoShechemשְׁכֶ֣םshe.KhemH7927hissonבְּנ֔וֹbe.NoH1121hearkenedallthatwentH3318outofthegateשַׁ֣עַרSha.'arH8179ofhiscityעִיר֑וֹi.RoH5892;andeverymaleזָכָ֔רza.KharH2145wascircumcisedH4135,allthatwentH3318outofthegateשַׁ֥עַרSha.'arH8179ofhiscityעִירֽוֹ׃i.RoH5892.
25AnditcameH935topassonthethirdהַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜יha.she.li.ShiH7992dayבַיּ֨וֹםvai.YomH3117,whentheywereH1961sore,thattwoשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-H8147ofthesonsבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121ofJacobיַ֠עֲקֹבya.'a.koH3290,Simeonשִׁמְע֨וֹןshim.'onH8095andLeviוְלֵוִ֜יve.le.ViH3878,Dinah’sbrethren,tookH3947eachmanH376hisswordחַרְבּ֔וֹchar.BoH2719,andcameH935uponthecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892unawares,andslewH2026allthemalesזָכָֽר׃za.KharH2145.
26AndtheyslewH2026Hamorחֲמוֹר֙cha.mOrH2544andShechemH7927hissonבְּנ֔וֹbe.NoH1121withtheedgeoftheswordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719,andtookH3947Dinahדִּינָ֛הdi.NahH1783outofShechem’shouseמִבֵּ֥יתmi.BeitH1004,andwentH3318forthH3318.
27Thesonsבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֗בya.'a.KoH3290cameH935upontheslainהַ֣חֲלָלִ֔יםha.cha.la.LimH2491,andplunderedוַיָּבֹ֖זּוּvai.ya.Vo.zuH962thecityהָעִ֑ירha.'IrH5892,becausetheyhaddefiledH2930theirsisterאֲחוֹתָֽם׃'a.cho.TamH269.
28TheytookH3947theirflocksצֹאנָ֥םtzo.NamH6629andtheirherdsבְּקָרָ֖םbe.ka.RamH1241andtheirasses,andthatwhichwasinthecityבָּעִ֛ירba.'IrH5892,andthatwhichwasinthefieldבַּשָּׂדֶ֖הba.sa.DehH7704;
29andalltheirwealthחֵילָ֤םchei.LamH2428,andalltheirlittleטַפָּם֙ta.PamH2945onesH2945andtheirwivesH802,tookH7617theycaptiveשָׁב֖וּsha.VuH7617andmadeaprey,evenallthatwasinthehouseבַּבָּֽיִת׃ba.Ba.yitH1004.
30AndJacobיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290saidH559toSimeonשִׁמְע֣וֹןshim.'onH8095andLeviלֵוִי֮le.ViH3878, Yehavetroubledעֲכַרְתֶּ֣ם'a.khar.TemH5916me,tomakemeodiousלְהַבְאִישֵׁ֙נִי֙le.hav.'i.She.niH887totheinhabitantsבְּיֹשֵׁ֣בbe.yo.ShevH3427ofthelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776,amongtheCanaanitesH3669andthePerizzites:and,Ibeingfewinnumberמִסְפָּ֔רmis.ParH4557,theywillgatherוְנֶאֶסְפ֤וּve.ne.'es.FuH622themselvestogetheragainstmeandsmiteme;andIshallbedestroyedוְנִשְׁמַדְתִּ֖יve.nish.mad.TiH8045,IandmyhouseH1004.
31AndtheysaidH559,Shouldhedealwithoursisterאֲחוֹתֵֽנוּ׃ פ'a.cho.Te.nuH269aswithaharlot?
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