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1 A Dina kći Lijina, koju rodi Jakovu, izađe da gleda devojke u onom kraju.

2 A ugleda je Sihem, sin Emora Efejina, kneza od one zemlje, i uze je i leže s njom i osramoti je.

3 I prionu srce njegovo za Dinu kćer Jakovljevu, i devojka mu omile, i on joj se umiljavaše.

4 I reče Sihem Emoru ocu svom govoreći: Oženi me ovom devojkom.

5 A Jakov ču da je osramotio Dinu kćer njegovu; a sinovi njegovi behu u polju sa stokom njegovom, i Jakov oćute dokle oni ne dođu.

6 A Emor otac Sihemov iziđe k Jakovu da se razgovori s njim.

7 A kad dođoše sinovi Jakovljevi iz polja i čuše šta je bilo, žao bi ljudima vrlo i razgneviše se veoma, što učini sramotu Izrailju obležav kćer Jakovljevu, kako ne bi valjalo činiti.

8 Tada im reče Emor govoreći: Sin moj Sihem srcem prionu za vašu kćer; podajte mu je za ženu.

9 I oprijateljite se s nama; kćeri svoje udajite za nas i kćerima našim ženite se.

10 Pa živite s nama, i zemlja će vam biti otvorena; nastanite se i trgujte i držite baštine u njoj.

11 I reče Sihem ocu devojčinom i braći joj: Da nađem milost pred vama, i daću šta mi god kažete.

12 Ištite mi koliko god hoćete uzdarja i dara, ja ću dati šta god kažete; samo mi dajte devojku za ženu.

13 A sinovi Jakovljevi odgovoriše Sihemu i Emoru ocu njegovom prevarno, jer osramoti Dinu sestru njihovu.

14 I rekoše im: Ne možemo to učiniti ni dati sestre svoje za čoveka neobrezanog, jer je to sramota nama.

15 Nego ćemo vam učiniti po volji, ako ćete se izjednačiti s nama i obrezati sve muškinje između sebe.

16 Onda ćemo udavati svoje kćeri za vas i ženićemo se vašim kćerima, i postaćemo jedan narod.

17 Ako li ne pristanete da se obrežete, mi ćemo uzeti svoju devojku i otići ćemo.

18 I po volji biše reči njihove Emoru i Sihemu sinu Emorovom.

19 I momak ne oklevaše učiniti to; jer mu kći Jakovljeva omile veoma; i on beše najviše poštovan između svih u kući oca svog.

20 I otide Emor i sin mu Sihem na vrata grada svog, i rekoše građanima govoreći:

21 Ovi ljudi hoće mirno da žive s nama, da se nastane u ovoj zemlji i da trguju po njoj; a evo zemlja je široka i za njih; pa ćemo se kćerima njihovim ženiti i svoje ćemo kćeri udavati za njih.

22 Ali će tako pristati da žive s nama i da postanemo jedan narod, ako se sve muškinje među nama obrežu, kao što su oni obrezani.

23 Njihova stoka i njihovo blago i sva goveda njihova neće li biti naša? Složimo se samo s njima, pa će ostati kod nas.

24 I koji izlažahu na vrata grada njegovog, svi poslušaše Emora i Sihema sina njegovog; i obreza se sve muškinje, svi koji izlažahu na vrata grada njegovog.

25 A treći dan kad oni behu u bolovima, uzeše dva sina Jakovljeva Simeun i Levije, braća Dinina, svaki svoj mač i uđoše slobodno u grad i pobiše sve muškinje.

26 Ubiše i Emora i sina mu Sihema oštrim mačem, i uzevši Dinu iz kuće Sihemove otidoše.

27 Tada dođoše sinovi Jakovljevi na pobijene, i opleniše grad, jer u njemu bi osramoćena sestra njihova.

28 I uzeše ovce njihove i goveda njihova i magarce njihove, šta god beše u gradu i šta bod beše u polju.

29 I sve blago njihovo, i svu decu i žene njihove pohvataše i odvedoše, i šta god beše u kojoj kući.

30 A Jakov reče Simeunu i Leviju; smetoste me, i omraziste me narodu ove zemlje, Hananejima i Ferezejima; u mene ima malo ljudi, pa ako se skupe na me, hoće me ubiti te ću se istrebiti ja i dom moj.

31 A oni rekoše: Zar sa sestrom našom da rade kao s kurvom?

   

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4442. 'And Hamor, Shechem's father, went out to Jacob to speak to him' means consultation regarding the truth of that Church. This is clear from the representation of 'Hamor, Shechem's father' as the truth known to the Ancients, dealt with in 4430, 4431; from the representation of 'Jacob' as the external Ancient Church, dealt with just above in 4439; and from the meaning of 'speaking to him' as consultation. Consequently these words mean consultation regarding the truth of that Church. Anyone who does not know that names in the Word mean spiritual entities will be amazed to learn that these words 'Hamor, Shechem's father, went out to Jacob to speak to him' mean consultation by the truth of the Church among the Ancients with the truth which was suited to the Ancient Church that was to be established among Jacob's descendants. But no one who knows what the internal sense of the Word is like will be amazed; nor indeed will those who from books by the Ancients have acquainted themselves with the literary style customary among them. For the Ancients commonly presented entities as if conversing with one another, such as wisdom, intelligence, knowledge, and the like. They also commonly gave these entities names by which such things were meant. The gods and demigods of the people of old were nothing other, and neither were the personalities whom they invented to link those entities together into a historical tale.

[2] The philosophers of old received this customary style from the Ancient Church which had been spread throughout much of the Asiatic world, 1238, 2385; for those who belonged to the Ancient Church linked together entities that were holy by means of representatives and meaningful signs. The Ancient Church however received the same by word of mouth from the most ancient people who lived before the Flood, 920, 1409, 1977, 2896, 2897; and these people received it from heaven since they had communication with heaven, 784, 1114-1125. For such representatives and meaningful signs occur in the first heaven, which is the lowest of the three heavens. This explains why the Word was written in that kind of style. But in contrast to the writings of the men of old the Word has this peculiar feature, that the separate entities in a continuous chain represent the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord's kingdom, and in the highest sense the Lord Himself; that the actual historical details are also such; and what is more, that they are real correspondences, these being continuous, extending through the three heavens from the Lord.

  
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