Genesis 34:17
15 We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.
16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
18 Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.
19 The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
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Sammenlign
- ÅB
- Men dersom dere ikke vil høre på oss og la dere omskjære, da tar vi vår søster og drar bort.
- OTB
- Men hvis dere ikke vil gå med på å bli omskåret, vil vi ta vår søster og gå."
- B1930
- Men dersom I ikke vil høre på oss og la eder omskjære, da tar vi vår søster og drar bort.
- BSB
- But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
- KJV
- But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
- WEB
- But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone.”
- ASV
- But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
- DARBY
- But if ye do not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go away.
- BLB
- But if you⁺ will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will go.”