Genesis 34:14
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
In context
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.
14 “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.
Genesis 34:14 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
- KJV King James Version
- 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 World English Bible
- 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 American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it [is] a reproach to us.
- DBY Darby Translation
- and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach to us.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised: for that would be a reproach to us: