Genesis 34
- 1And Dinah the daughter of Leah, who she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
- 2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
- 3And his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl, and spoke kindly to the girl.
- 4And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this girl to wife.
- 5And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his cattle in the field. And Jacob said nothing until they had come.
- 6And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him.
- 7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it. And the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had worked foolishness in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.
- 8And Hamor talked with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray you give her him to wife.
- 9And make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
- 10And you shall live with us. And the land shall be before you. Live and trade you in it, and get you possessions in it.
- 11And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you shall say to me I will give.
- 12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say to me. But give me the girl to wife.
- 13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
- 14And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, for that were a disgrace to us.
- 15But in this will we consent to you. If you will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised.
- 16Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will live with you, and we will become one people.
- 17But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.
- 18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
- 19And the young man did not defer to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was more honorable than all the house of his father.
- 20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
- 21These men are peaceable with us. Therefore let them live in the land, and trade in it, for the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
- 22Only in this will the men consent to us to live with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
- 23Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us.
- 24And to Hamor and to Shechem his son listened all that went out of the gate of his city. And every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
- 25On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword, and came on the city boldly, and killed all the males.
- 26And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
- 27The sons of Jacob came on the killed, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
- 28They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
- 29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered even all that was in the house.
- 30And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have brought trouble on me by making me stink among the people of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and kill me. And I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
- 31And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Genesis 34 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
GIGAKJVAnd Dinah the daughter of Leah, who she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
KJVAnd his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
GIGAKJVAnd his soul clung to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl, and spoke kindly to the girl.
KJVAnd Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
GIGAKJVAnd Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this girl to wife.
KJVAnd Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come.
GIGAKJVAnd Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his cattle in the field. And Jacob said nothing until they had come.
KJVAnd Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
GIGAKJVAnd Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him.
KJVAnd the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done.
GIGAKJVAnd the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it. And the men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had worked foolishness in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter, which thing ought not to be done.
KJVAnd Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
GIGAKJVAnd Hamor talked with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. I pray you give her him to wife.
KJVAnd make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
GIGAKJVAnd make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.
KJVAnd ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall live with us. And the land shall be before you. Live and trade you in it, and get you possessions in it.
KJVAnd Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give.
GIGAKJVAnd Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you shall say to me I will give.
KJVAsk me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
GIGAKJVAsk me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say to me. But give me the girl to wife.
KJVAnd the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
GIGAKJVAnd the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
KJVAnd they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
GIGAKJVAnd they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, for that were a disgrace to us.
KJVBut in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
GIGAKJVBut in this will we consent to you. If you will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised.
KJVThen will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
GIGAKJVThen we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will live with you, and we will become one people.
KJVBut if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
GIGAKJVBut if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone.
KJVAnd the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
GIGAKJVAnd the young man did not defer to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. And he was more honorable than all the house of his father.
KJVAnd Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,
KJVThese men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
GIGAKJVThese men are peaceable with us. Therefore let them live in the land, and trade in it, for the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
KJVOnly herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
GIGAKJVOnly in this will the men consent to us to live with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
KJVShall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their's be our's? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
GIGAKJVShall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us.
KJVAnd unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
GIGAKJVAnd to Hamor and to Shechem his son listened all that went out of the gate of his city. And every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
KJVAnd it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
GIGAKJVOn the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword, and came on the city boldly, and killed all the males.
KJVAnd they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
GIGAKJVAnd they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
KJVThe sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
GIGAKJVThe sons of Jacob came on the killed, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
KJVThey took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
GIGAKJVThey took their sheep, and their oxen, and their donkeys, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
KJVAnd all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house.
GIGAKJVAnd all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and plundered even all that was in the house.
KJVAnd Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
GIGAKJVAnd Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have brought trouble on me by making me stink among the people of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. And I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and kill me. And I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
KJVAnd they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
GIGAKJVAnd they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?
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