Genesis 34:14
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New International Version (©1984)
They said to them, "We can't do such a thing; we can't give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They said, "We can't do this. We can't give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised. That would be a disgrace to us!

King James Bible
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:

American King James Version
And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us:

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.

Bible in Basic English
And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

Douay-Rheims Bible
We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.

Darby Bible 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.

English Revised 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:

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

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.

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.

Geneva Study Bible

And they said unto them, {c} We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a {d} reproach unto us:

(c) They used the holy ordinance of God a means to accomplish their wicked purpose.

(d) As it is abomination for those who are baptized to be joined to infidels.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

34:1-19 Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children from needlessly exposing themselves to danger. Indulged children, like Dinah, often become a grief and shame to their families. Her pretence was, to see the daughters of the land, to see how they dressed, and how they danced, and what was fashionable among them; she went to see, yet that was not all, she went to be seen too. She went to get acquaintance with the Canaanites, and to learn their ways. See what came of Dinah's gadding. The beginning of sin is as the letting forth of water. How great a matter does a little fire kindle! We should carefully avoid all occasions of sin and approaches to it.


Genesis 17:14 "But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."
(NASB ©1995)

Cause Circumcised Circumcision Disgrace Foreskin Possible Reproach Shame Sister Uncircumcised


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:

uncircumcised. 17:11 Jos 5:2-9 1Sa 14:6 17:26,36 2Sa 1:20 15:7 1Ki 21:9 Mt 2:8,13 23:1-39 Ro 4:11

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