And he sayde: let vs take oure iourney and goo/ and I will goo in thy
cõpany. And he sayde vnto him: my lorde knoweth that I haue tendre
childern/ ewes and kyne with yonge vnder myne hande/ which yf men
shulde ouerdryue but euen one daye/ the hole flocke wolde dye. Let my
lorde therfore goo before his servaunte and I will dryue fayre and
softly/ accordynge as the catell that goth before me and the childern/
be able to endure: vntill I come to mi lorde vnto Seir.
And Esau sayde: let me yet leaue some of my folke with the. And he
sayde: what neadeth it? let me fynde grace in the syghte of my lorde
So Esau went his waye agayne y^e the same daye vnto Seir. And Iacob
toke his iourney toward Sucoth/ and bylt him an house/ and made
boothes for his catell: wherof the name of the place is called Sucoth.
And Iacob went to Salem to y^e cytie of Sichem in the lande of Canaã/
after that he was come from Mesopotamia/ and pitched before the cyte/
and bought a parcell of ground where he pitched his tent/ of the
childern of Hemor Sichems father/ for an hundred lambes. And he made
there an aulter/ and there called vpon the myghtie God of Israell.
The .xxxiiij. Chapter.
Dina the doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob/ went out to see
the doughters of the lande. And Sichẽ the sonne of Hemor the Heuite
lorde of the countre/ sawe her/ & toke her/ & laye with her/ and
forced her: & his harte laye vnto Dina y^e doughter of Iacob. And he
loued y^e damsell & spake kĩdly vnto her/ & spake vnto his father
Hemor saynge/ gett me this maydẽ vnto my wyfe.
And Iacob herde that he had defyled Dina his doughter/ but his sonnes
were with the catell in the felde/ and therfore he helde his peace/
vntill they were come. Then Hemor the father of Sichem went out vnto
Iacob/ to comẽ with him. And the sonnes of Iacob came out of the felde
as soone as they herde it/ for it greued them/ and they were not a
litle wrooth/ because he had wrought folie in Israell/ in that he had
lyen with Iacobs doughter/ which thinge oughte not to be done.
And Hemor comened with thẽ sainge: the soule of my sonne Sichẽ lõgeth
for youre doughter geue her him to wyfe/ and make mariages with vs:
geue youre doughters vnto vs/ ãd take oure doughters vnto you/ and
dwell with vs/ & the lande shall be at youre pleasure/ dwell and do
youre busynes/ and haue youre possessions there in. And Sichem sayde
vnto hyr father and hir brethern: let me fynde grace in youre eyes/
and what soeuer ye apoynte me/ that will I geue. Axe frely of me both
the dowry & gyftes/ and I will geue acordynge as ye saye vnto me/ and
geue me the damsell to wyfe.
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