Bible verses about "rapist" | Bishops

¹ Dina the daughter of Lea, whiche she bare vnto Iacob, went out to see the daughters of the lande ² Whom whe Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Heuite Lorde of the countrey sawe, he toke her, & lay with her, and forced her ³ And his heart laye vnto Dina the daughter of Iacob, and he loued that damsell, and spake kyndly vnto her ⁴ And Sichem spake vnto his father Hemor, saying: get me this mayden vnto my wyfe 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 ⁶ And Hemor the father of Sichem, went out vnto Iacob to common with hym 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 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 ⁹ And make maryages with vs, and geue your daughters vnto vs, and take our daughters vnto you ¹⁰ And ye shall dwell with vs, and the lande shalbe before you: dwell, and do your busines therein, and haue possessions therin 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 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 ¹³ But the sonnes of Iacob aunswered to Sichem and Hemor his father, talking amongest themselues deceiptfully, because he had defiled Diua their sister 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 ¹⁵ But in this will we consent vnto you: if ye wyll be as we be, & all the males amongest you be circumcised ¹⁶ Then wyll we geue our daughters vnto you, and take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people ¹⁷ But and if ye wyll not hearken vnto vs to be circumcised, then wyll we take our daughter, and go our wayes ¹⁸ Theyr wordes pleased Hemor, and Sichem his sonne 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 ²⁰ Then Hemor and Sichem his sonne went vnto the gate of their citie, and communed with the men of their citie, saying 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 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 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 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 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 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 ²⁷ And the sonnes of Iacob commyng vpon the dead, spoyled the citie, because they had defiled their sister ²⁸ And toke their sheepe, oxen, and their asses, and whatsoeuer was in the citie, and also in the fieldes 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 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 ³¹ And they aunswered: shoulde he deale with our sister, as with an harlot

¹⁶ If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed, and lye with her, he shall endowe her, and take her to his wyfe

¹⁰ When thou goest to warre agaynst thine enemies, and the Lorde thy God hath deliuered them into thine handes, & thou hast taken the captiue ¹¹ And seest among the captiues a beautifull woman, and hast a desire vnto her, that thou wouldest haue her to thy wyfe ¹² Thou shalt bryng her home to thine house, and she shall shaue her head, and shall pare her nayles ¹³ And put her rayment that she was taken in, from her, and let her remayne in thine house, and beweepe her father & her mother a moneth long: and after that shalt thou go in vnto her, and mary her, and she shalbe thy wyfe ¹⁴ And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then let her go whither she lusteth, and sell her not for money, nor make marchaundize of her, because thou hast humbled her

¹ Thou shalt not see thy brothers oxe or sheepe go astray, and withdrawe thy selfe from them: but shalt bryng them agayne vnto thy brother ² And if thy brother be not nye vnto thee, or if thou knowe hym not, then bryng it vnto thine owne house, and it shall remayne with thee vntyll thy brother aske after them, and then deliuer hym them agayne ³ In lyke maner shalt thou do with his asse, and so shalt thou do with his rayment: and with all lost thynges of thy brother, which he hath lost and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise, and thou mayest not hide it from them ⁴ Thou shalt not see thy brothers asse or oxe fall downe by the way, and withdrawe thy selfe from them: but shalt helpe hym to heaue them vp againe ⁵ The woman shall not weare that whiche parteyneth vnto the man, neither shall a man put on womans rayment: For all that do so, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God ⁶ If thou chaunce vpon a birdes nest by the way, in whatsoeuer tree it be, or on the grounde, whether they be young or egges, and the damme sittyng vpon the young, or on the egges: thou shalt not take the damme with the young ⁷ But shalt in any wyse let the damme go, & take the young to thee, that thou mayest prosper, and prolong thy dayes ⁸ When thou buyldest a newe house, thou shalt make a battlement on the roofe, that thou lade not blood vpon thyne house if any man fal from thence ⁹ Thou shalt not sowe thy vineyarde with diuers seedes: lest the fruite of the seede which thou hast sowen, and the fruite of thy vineyarde, be defyled ¹⁰ Thou shalt not plowe with an oxe and an asse together ¹¹ Thou shalt not weare a garment made of wool and linnen together ¹² Thou shalt not make thee gardes vppon the foure quarters of thy vesture wherewith thou couerest thy selfe ¹³ If a man take a wyfe, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her ¹⁴ And lay shamefull thynges vnto her charge, and bryng vp an euyll name vpon her, and say, I toke this wyfe, and when I came to her I founde her not a mayde ¹⁵ Then shall the father of the damsell & the mother, bryng foorth the tokens of the damsels virginitie vnto the elders of the citie in the gate ¹⁶ And the damsels father shall say vnto the elders: I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wyfe, and he hateth her ¹⁷ And lo, he layeth shamefull thynges vnto her charge, saying, I founde not thy daughter a mayde: and yet these are the tokens of my daughters virginitie. And they shall spreade the vesture before the elders of the citie ¹⁸ And the elders of that citie shall take that man, and chastise hym ¹⁹ And mearse hym in an hundred sides of syluer, and geue them vnto the father of the damsell, because he hath brought vp an euyl name vpon a mayde of Israel: And she shalbe his wyfe, and he may not put her away all his dayes ²⁰ But and yf the thyng be of a suretie that the damsell be not founde a virgin ²¹ They shall bryng the damsell to the doore of her fathers house, and the men of that citie shall stone her with stones to death, because she hath wrought folly in Israel to play the whore in her fathers house: And so thou shalt put euyl from among you ²² If a man be founde lying with a woman that hath a wedded husband, they shall both dye, both the man that laye with the wyfe, and also the wyfe: and so thou shalt put away euill from Israel ²³ If a mayde be betrouthed vnto an husbande, and then a man finde her in the towne, and lye with her ²⁴ Ye shall bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: The damsell, because she cryed not beyng in the citie: And the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: and thou shalt put away euyll from thee ²⁵ But if a man finde a betrouthed damsell in the fielde, and force her, and lye with her: then the man that lay with her, shall dye alone ²⁶ But vnto the damsell thou shalt do no harme, because there is in the damsell no cause of death: For as when a man ryseth against his neyghbour and slayeth hym: euen so is this matter ²⁷ For he found her in the fieldes: and the betrouthed damsell cryed, & there was no man to succour her ²⁸ If a man finde a mayde that is not betrouthed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde ²⁹ Then the man that lay with her, shall geue vnto the damsels father fiftie sicles of siluer, and she shall be his wyfe, because he hath humbled her: and he may not put her away all his dayes ³⁰ No man shall take his fathers wife, nor vnheale his fathers couering

¹⁶ If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed, and lye with her, he shall endowe her, and take her to his wyfe ¹⁷ And if her father refuse to geue her vnto him, he shal pay money, according to the dowrie of virgins

²⁵ But if a man finde a betrouthed damsell in the fielde, and force her, and lye with her: then the man that lay with her, shall dye alone ²⁶ But vnto the damsell thou shalt do no harme, because there is in the damsell no cause of death: For as when a man ryseth against his neyghbour and slayeth hym: euen so is this matter ²⁷ For he found her in the fieldes: and the betrouthed damsell cryed, & there was no man to succour her

²³ If a mayde be betrouthed vnto an husbande, and then a man finde her in the towne, and lye with her ²⁴ Ye shall bring them both out vnto the gates of the same citie, and shall stone them with stones to death: The damsell, because she cryed not beyng in the citie: And the man, because he hath humbled his neighbours wife: and thou shalt put away euyll from thee

²⁸ If a man finde a mayde that is not betrouthed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde

²⁵ But if a man finde a betrouthed damsell in the fielde, and force her, and lye with her: then the man that lay with her, shall dye alone

¹ After this, so it was that Absalom the sonne of Dauid had a fayre sister, named Thamar, whom Amnon ye sonne of Dauid loued ² And he was so sore vexed, that he fell sycke for his sister Thamar: for she shas a virgin, and he thought it hard for him to do any thing to her ³ But Amnon had a frende called Ionadab, the sonne of Simah, Dauids brother: And Ionadab was a very subtile man ⁴ And he said vnto him: How commeth it, that thou being the kinges sonne, art thus consumed from day to day? Wylt thou not tell me? Amnon aunswered him: I loue Thamar my brother Absaloms sister ⁵ Ionadab saide vnto him, Lay thee downe on thy bed, and make thy selfe sicke: And when thy father is come to see thee, saye vnto him: I pray thee let my sister Thamar come, and geue me meate, and dresse it in my syght, that I may see it, and eate it of her hand ⁶ And so Amnon laye downe, and made him selfe sicke: And when the king was come to see him, Amnon saide vnto the king: I pray thee let Thamar my sister come, and make me a coople of cakes in my sight, that I may eate of her hand ⁷ Then Dauid sent home to Thamar, saying: Go now to thy brother Amnos house, and dresse him meate ⁸ So Thamar went to her brother Amnons house, & he was layed downe: And she toke floure, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and dyd bake them ⁹ And toke a panne, and powred them out before him: but he would not eate. And Amnon saide: Haue out all men from me. And they went all out from him ¹⁰ And Amnon saide vnto Thamar: Bring the meate into the chamber, that I may eate of thyne hand. And Thamar toke ye cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother ¹¹ And whe she had set them before him to eate, he toke her, and saide vnto her: Come, lye with me my sister ¹² And she aunswered him: Nay my brother, do not force me, for there hath no such thing ben done in Israel: Do not thou this folly ¹³ And I, whyther shall I cause my shame to go? And thou shalt be as one of the fooles in Israel: Now therefore, I pray thee speake vnto the king, and he wyll not denie me vnto thee ¹⁴ Howbeit, he would not hearken vnto her voyce: but being stronger then she, forced her, and lay with her ¹⁵ And then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that the hatred wherewith he hated her, was greater then the loue with which he before loued her: And Amnon saide vnto her: Up, and get thee hence ¹⁶ She aunswered him, There is no cause: This euill that thou puttest me away, is greater then the other that thou diddest vnto me. Neuerthelesse, he would not heare her ¹⁷ But called his boye that serued him, and saide: Put away this woman from me, and bolt the doore after her ¹⁸ And she had a garment of diuers colours vpon her: for with such wer the kinges daughters (that were virgins) appareled. Then his seruaunt brought her out, and locked the doore after her ¹⁹ And Thamar toke and put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of diuers colours that was on her, & layed her hand on her head, and so went, and as she went, cryed ²⁰ And Absalom her brother saide vnto her: Hath Amnon thy brother ben with thee? Now yet be still my sister, he is thy brother, let not this thing greeue thyne heart. And so Thamar remayned desolate in her brother Absaloms house ²¹ But when king Dauid heard of all these thinges, he was very wroth ²² And Absalom sayde vnto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: Howbeit, Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Thamar ²³ And after the tyme of two yeres, Absalom had sheepe shearers in the playne of Hazor beside Ephraim, & bade all the kinges sonnes ²⁴ And came to the king, and saide: Beholde, thy seruaunt hath sheepe shearers, I pray thee that the king with his seruauntes come to thy seruaunt ²⁵ The king aunswered Absalom: Nay my sonne, I pray thee let vs not go all, lest we be chargeable vnto thee. And Absalom laye sore vpon him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him ²⁶ Then saide Absalom: but I pray thee shall not my brother Amnon go with vs? And the king aunswered him: what needeth it that he go with thee ²⁷ But Absalom made such instaunce, that he let Amnon & all the kinges children go with him ²⁸ Now had Absalom commaunded his young men, saying: Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine, and when I bid you smyte Amnon: then kil him, and feare not: haue not I bidden you? be bolde therfore, & play the men ²⁹ And the seruauntes of Absalom dyd vnto Amnon euen as Absalom had commaunded: And al the kinges sonnes arose, and euery man gat him vp vpon his mule, and fled ³⁰ And whyle they were yet in the way, tydinges came to Dauid, saying: Absalom hath slaine all the kinges sonnes, and there is none left alyue ³¹ Then the king arose, & tare his garmentes, and lay along on the earth: and all his seruauntes stoode by with their clothes rent ³² And Ionadab the sonne of Simeach Dauids brother, aunswered, and sayde: Let not my lorde suppose that they haue slaine all the young men of the kings sonnes, but Amnon onely is dead: For that hath ben determined in Absaloms minde, since he forced his sister Thamar ³³ Now therefore, let not my lorde the king take the thing so greeuously, to thinke that all the kinges sonnes are dead, for Amnon onely is dead ³⁴ But Absalom fled: And ye young man that kept the watch, lyft vp his eyes & loked, and beholde there came much people by the way of the hill syde behinde him ³⁵ And Ionadab said vnto the king, Beholde, the kinges sonnes come: As thy seruaunt said, so it is ³⁶ And assoone as he had left speaking, beholde the kinges sonnes came, & lyft vp their voyces, and wept: The king also & all his seruauntes wept exceedingly sore ³⁷ But Absalom escaped, and went to Thalmai the sonne of Ammihur kyng of Gesur: And Dauid mourned for his sonne euery day ³⁸ And so Absalom escaped, and went to Gesur, and was there three yeres ³⁹ And king Dauid desired to go foorth vnto Absalom: For where as Amnon was dead, he was comforted ouer him

²⁸ If a man finde a mayde that is not betrouthed, and take her, and lye with her, and they be founde ²⁹ Then the man that lay with her, shall geue vnto the damsels father fiftie sicles of siluer, and she shall be his wyfe, because he hath humbled her: and he may not put her away all his dayes