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Bishops Bible 1568
| 34:1 | Dina the daughter of Lea, whiche she bare vnto Iacob, went out to see the daughters of the lande |
| 34:2 | Whom whe Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey sawe, he toke her, & lay with her, and forced her |
| 34:3 | And his heart laye vnto Dina the daughter of Iacob, and he loued that damsell, and spake kyndly vnto her |
| 34:4 | And Sichem spake vnto his father Hemor, saying: get me this mayden vnto my wyfe |
| 34:5 | And Iacob heard that he had defiled Dina his daughter, (his sonnes beyng with their cattell in the fielde and Iacob helde his peace vntill they were come |
| 34:6 | And Hemor the father of Sichem, went out vnto Iacob to common with hym |
| 34:7 | And when the sonnes of Iacob (comming out of the fielde) hearde it, it greeued them, and they were not a little wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel, in that he had lien with Iacobs daughter, which thing ought not to be done |
| 34:8 | And Hemor communed with them, saying: the soule of my sonne Sichem, longeth for your daughter, I pray you geue her him to wyfe |
| 34:9 | And make maryages with vs, and geue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you |
| 34:10 | And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and do your busines therein, and haue possessions therin |
| 34:11 | And Sichem said, vnto her father and vnto her brethren: let me finde grace in your eyes, and whatsoeuer ye appoint me, that wyll I geue |
| 34:12 | Aske freely of me both dowry and gyftes, and I wyll geue accordyng as ye say vnto me, so that ye geue me the damsell to wyfe |
| 34:13 | But the sonnes of Iacob aunswered to Sichem and Hemor his father, talking amongest themselues deceiptfully, because he had defiled Diua their sister |
| 34:14 | And they sayde vnto them: we can not do this thing, that we shoulde geue our sister to one that is vncircumcised, for that were an abomination vnto vs |
| 34:15 | But in this will we consent vnto you: if ye wyll be as we be, & all the males amongest you be circumcised |
| 34:16 | Then wyll we geue our daughters vnto you, and take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people |
| 34:17 | But and if ye wyll not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then wyll we take our daughter, and go our wayes |
| 34:18 | Theyr wordes pleased Hemor, and Sichem his sonne |
| 34:19 | And the young man deferde not for to do the thing, because he had a lust to Iacobs daughter: he was also most set by, of all that was in his fathers house |
| 34:20 | Then Hemor and Sichem his sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying |
| 34:21 | These men lyue peaceably among vs, and dwell in the lande, and do theyr occupation therein: and beholde, the lande is large inough for them, we will take their daughters to wiues, & geue them our daughters |
| 34:22 | Only herein will they consent vnto vs for to dwell with vs, and to be one people: if all the males that are among vs be circumcised, as they are circumcised |
| 34:23 | Shall not their goodes and their substaunce, and all their cattell be ours? let vs only consent vnto them, and they will dwell with vs |
| 34:24 | And vnto Hemor & Sichem his sonne, hearkened all that went out at the gate of his citie: and all the males were circumcised, whatsoeuer went out at the gate of his citie |
| 34:25 | And the thirde day, whyles they were sore, two of the sonnes of Iacob, Simeon & Leui Dinas brethren, toke eyther of them his sworde, and went into the citie boldely, and slue all that was male |
| 34:26 | And slue also Hemor and Sithem his sonne with the edge of the sworde, and toke Dina out of Sichems house, and went theyr way |
| 34:27 | And the sonnes of Iacob commyng vpon the dead, spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister |
| 34:28 | And toke their sheepe, oxen, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and also in the fieldes |
| 34:29 | And all their goodes, and all their children, and their wiues, toke they captiue, and made hauocke of all that was in the house |
| 34:30 | But Iacob sayde to Simeon & Leui: ye haue troubled me, and made me to be abhorred of the inhabitours of the land of the Chanaanite and the Pherezite: and I beyng fewe in number, they shall gather the selues together against me, and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed |
| 34:31 | And they aunswered: shoulde he deale with our sister, as with an harlot |
Bishops Bible 1568
The Bishops' Bible was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible completed in 1611. The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible offended the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed. They associated Calvinism with Presbyterianism, which sought to replace government of the church by bishops with government by lay elders. However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 , which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship, was severely deficient, in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. In an attempt to replace the objectionable Geneva translation, they circulated one of their own, which became known as the Bishops' Bible.