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Genesis 34:14

12 Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

13 But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
KJV
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
WEB
and said to them, “We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.
ASV
and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.
DARBY
and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach to us.
BLB
and they said to them, “We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has a foreskin, for that [is] a reproach to us.
ÅB
og sa til dem: Det kan vi ikke gjøre, å gi vår søster til en mann som har forhud; det ville være en skam for oss.
OTB
De sa til dem: "Vi kan ikke gjøre en slik ting—å gi vår søster til en mann som er uomskåret ville være en skam for oss.
B1930
og sa til dem: Det kan vi ikke gjøre, å gi vår søster til en mann som har forhud; det vilde være en skam for oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 17:36

    Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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  • 2 Samuel 1:20

    Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.

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  • Joshua 5:2–9

    At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”

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  • Matthew 2:8

    And sending them to Bethlehem, he said: “Go and search carefully for the Child, and when you find Him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship Him.”

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  • 2 Samuel 15:7

    After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.

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  • 1 Samuel 17:26

    David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

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  • 1 Samuel 14:6

    Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

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  • 1 Kings 21:9

    In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.

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