מִקְנֵהֶ֤ם וְקִנְיָנָם֙ וְכָל־בְּהֶמְתָּ֔ם הֲל֥וֹא לָ֖נוּ הֵ֑ם אַ֚ךְ נֵא֣וֹתָה לָהֶ֔ם וְיֵשְׁב֖וּ אִתָּֽנוּ׃
Ang kanilang mga kawan, ang kanilang mga ari-arian, at ang lahat ng kanilang mga hayop, hindi ba magiging atin ang mga iyon? Pumayag lamang tayo sa kanila, at maninirahan sila kasama natin.”
Bereshit Rabbah
Jacob’s sons answered Shekhem and Ḥamor his father with guile, and spoke, as he had defiled Dina their sister” (Genesis 34:13).
“Jacob’s sons answered Shekhem…” – what do you think, that there is deceit here? The Divine Spirit says: “As he had defiled Dina their sister…”
“They said to them: We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has a foreskin, as it is a disgrace for us” (Genesis 33:14).
“They said to them: We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has a foreskin, as it is a disgrace” – Rabbi Neḥemya said: Where do we find that the foreskin is called disgrace? It is from here, as it is stated: “As it is a disgrace.”
“Are their livestock and their property and all their animals not ours? We only must accede to them, and they will live with us” (Genesis 34:23).
“Their livestock and their property” – they thought to despoil them, and were despoiled.
“All who emerged from the gate of his city heeded Ḥamor and Shekhem his son; every male, all who emerged from the gate of his city, was circumcised” (Genesis 34:24).
“[They] heeded Ḥamor and Shekhem his son…” – one of them would enter the city bearing his burden, and they would say to him: ‘Go and be circumcised.’ He would say: ‘Shekhem is marrying and Magbai is circumcised?’15Magbai is a generic name. Just because Shekhem is marrying, I should get circumcised?
“Jacob’s sons answered Shekhem…” – what do you think, that there is deceit here? The Divine Spirit says: “As he had defiled Dina their sister…”
“They said to them: We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has a foreskin, as it is a disgrace for us” (Genesis 33:14).
“They said to them: We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has a foreskin, as it is a disgrace” – Rabbi Neḥemya said: Where do we find that the foreskin is called disgrace? It is from here, as it is stated: “As it is a disgrace.”
“Are their livestock and their property and all their animals not ours? We only must accede to them, and they will live with us” (Genesis 34:23).
“Their livestock and their property” – they thought to despoil them, and were despoiled.
“All who emerged from the gate of his city heeded Ḥamor and Shekhem his son; every male, all who emerged from the gate of his city, was circumcised” (Genesis 34:24).
“[They] heeded Ḥamor and Shekhem his son…” – one of them would enter the city bearing his burden, and they would say to him: ‘Go and be circumcised.’ He would say: ‘Shekhem is marrying and Magbai is circumcised?’15Magbai is a generic name. Just because Shekhem is marrying, I should get circumcised?