Genesis 34:17
15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.
19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
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.
Compare
- 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.”
- 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.