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Genesis 34:6-17

6AndHamorחֲמ֥וֹרcha.MorH2544thefatherאֲבִֽי־'a.vi-H1ofShechemשְׁכֶ֖םshe.KhemH7927cameH3318outtoJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290,tospeakלְדַבֵּ֖רle.da.BerH1696tohim.

7Andthesonsוּבְנֵ֨יu.ve.NeiH1121ofJacobH3290cameH935fromthefieldsהַשָּׂדֶה֙ha.sa.DehH7704whentheyheardH8085[it];andthemenH376weregrieved,andtheywereveryH3966angryH2734,becausehehadwroughtwhatwasdisgracefulנְבָלָ֞הne.va.LahH5039inIsraelבְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,inlyingH7901withJacob'sdaughterבַּֽת־bat-H1323, whichthingoughtnottobedone.

8AndHamorחֲמ֖וֹרcha.MorH2544spokeH1696tothem,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Mysonבְּנִ֗יbe.NiH1121Shechem'ssoulH5315cleavestoyourdaughterבְּבִתְּכֶ֔םbe.vi.te.KhemH1323:Iprayyou,giveתְּנ֨וּte.NuH5414hertohimaswifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

9AndmakeH5414marriageswithus:giveתִּתְּנוּ־ti.te.nu-H5414yourdaughtersבְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙be.no.tei.KhemH1323tous,andtakeתִּקְח֥וּtik.ChuH3947ourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּbe.no.Tei.nuH1323toyou.

10Anddwellתֵּשֵׁ֑בוּte.She.vuH3427withus,andthelandוְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ve.ha.'A.retzH776shallbeתִּהְיֶ֣הtih.YehH1961beforeyou:dwellשְׁבוּ֙she.VuH3427andtradeinit,andget yourselvespossessionsוְהֵֽאָחֲז֖וּve.he.'a.cha.ZuH270init.

11AndShechemשְׁכֶם֙she.KhemH7927saidH559toherfatherאָבִ֣יה'a.VihH1andtoherbrethren,Letmefindאֶמְצָא־'em.tza'-H4672favourinyoureyesH5869;andwhatyeshallsayH559tomeIwillgiveאֶתֵּֽן׃'e.TenH5414.

12ImposeonmeveryH3966muchH7235asdowryandgiftוּמַתָּ֔ןu.ma.TanH4976,andIwillgiveוְאֶ֨תְּנָ֔הve.'E.te.NahH5414accordingasyeshallsayתֹּאמְר֖וּto.me.RuH559tome;butgiveוּתְנוּ־u.te.nu-H5414methemaidenaswifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

13Andthesonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290answeredוַיַּעֲנ֨וּvai.ya.'a.NuH6030Shechemשְׁכֶ֨םshe.KhemH7927andHamorחֲמ֥וֹרcha.MorH2544hisfatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1deceitfully,andspokeH1696—becausehehaddefiledH2930Dinahדִּינָ֥הdi.NahH1783theirsisterאֲחֹתָֽם׃'a.cho.TamH269—

14andsaidH559tothem,Wecannotdothis,togiveלָתֵת֙la.TetH5414oursisterאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ'a.cho.Te.nuH269tooneH376thatisuncircumcised;forthat[were]areproachחֶרְפָּ֥הcher.PahH2781tous.

15Butonlyאַךְ־'akh-H389inthiswillweconsenttoyou,ifyewillbeתִּהְי֣וּtih.YuH1961aswe,thateverymaleזָכָֽר׃za.KharH2145ofyoubeH1961circumcisedH4135;

16thenwillwegiveוְנָתַ֤נּוּve.na.Ta.nuH5414ourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙be.no.Tei.nuH1323toyou,andtakeנִֽקַּֽח־ni.kach-H3947yourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.no.tei.KhemH1323tous,andwewilldwellוְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּve.ya.Shav.nuH3427withyou,andbeH1961oneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971.

17Butifyedonothearkentous,tobecircumcisedH4135,thenwillwetakeוְלָקַ֥חְנוּve.la.Kach.nuH3947ourdaughterבִּתֵּ֖נוּbi.Te.nuH1323andgoוְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃ve.ha.La.khe.nuH1980away.

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