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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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4430. And Shechem saw her. That this signifies truth, is evident from the representation of Shechem as being truth, here the truth of the church from ancient time. That this is represented by Shechem is because there still were remains of the church with that nation to which Shechem belonged. That this was one of the well-disposed nations is manifest from the sincerity with which Hamor and Shechem spoke to Jacob and his sons (verses 8-12), and from the condescension that Shechem might take Dinah for a wife (verses 18-24); for which reason the truth of the church was represented by them. And besides, the city Shechem was Abram’s first station when he came from Syria into the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:6); and was now also Jacob’s first station in coming from Syria, in which he spread his tent, made booths, and erected an altar (Genesis 33:17-20). That by the journeys or sojournings of Abraham and Jacob were represented progressions into the truths of faith and goods of love which in the supreme sense relate to the Lord and in the relative sense to the man who is being regenerated by the Lord, has been repeatedly shown. Hence by the “city Shechem” was signified the first of light (n. 1440, 1441), consequently interior truth, for this is the first of light.

[2] But in this chapter in the internal sense the descendants of Jacob are treated of—how they extinguished in themselves this first of light, or interior truth. In this sense, which is the internal historical sense, the sons of Jacob signify all his descendants; for in the internal sense of the Word the things of the Lord’s kingdom are exclusively treated of, thus the things of His church. The sons of Jacob themselves did not constitute any church, but their descendants, and this only after they had gone out of Egypt, and in actuality only after they came into the land of Canaan.

[3] Moreover as regards this city named from Shechem, it was anciently called “Shalem,” as is evident in the foregoing chapter:

Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan (Genesis 33:18).

That by “Shalem” is signified tranquillity, and by the “city of Shechem” the interior truths of faith, and that when a man comes to these truths he comes into a tranquil state, may be seen above (n. 4393). But the same city was afterwards called “Shechem,” as may be seen in Joshua:

The bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel caused to go up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred kesitah (Josh. 24:32).

And in the book of Judges:

Gaal the son of Ebed said to the citizens of Shechem, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is not he the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul is his officer? Serve ye the men of Hamor the father of Shechem, and why should we serve this man? (Judg. 9:28).

[4] The same city was afterwards called “Sychar,” as is evident in John:

Jesus came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near to the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph; and Jacob’s spring was there (John 4:5-6).

That by this city is signified interior truth, is evident from these passages, and also from others where it is named, as in Hosea:

Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it has been befouled with blood; and as troops wait for a man, a companionship of priests, on the way to Shechem they kill, because they have wrought wickedness; in the house of Israel I have seen a foul thing (Hos. 6:8-10); where “on the way to Shechem they kill” signifies that they extinguish truths even to those which are interior, thus all external truths. The extinction of interior truth is also signified by Abimelech’s destroying that city and sowing it with salt (Judges 9:45).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 34

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1 Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.

3 His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.

4 Shechem spoke to his father, Hamor, saying, "Get me this young lady as a wife."

5 Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter; and his sons were with his livestock in the field. Jacob held his peace until they came.

6 Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to talk with him.

7 The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; a which thing ought not to be done.

8 Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

9 Make marriages with us. Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

10 You shall dwell with us, and the land will be before you. Live and trade in it, and get possessions in it."

11 Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you will tell me I will give.

12 Ask me a great amount for a dowry, and I will give whatever you ask of me, but give me the young lady as a wife."

13 The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with deceit, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

14 and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

15 Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;

16 then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

17 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone."

18 Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

19 The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

21 "These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

22 Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.

23 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us."

24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

25 It happened on the third day, when they were sore, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came upon the unsuspecting city, and killed all the males.

26 They killed Hamor and Shechem, his son, with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.

27 Jacob's sons came on the dead, and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.

28 They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, that which was in the city, that which was in the field,

29 and all their wealth. They took captive all their little ones and their wives, and took as plunder everything that was in the house.

30 Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me, to make me odious to the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number. They will gather themselves together against me and strike me, and I will be destroyed, I and my house."

31 They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"