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Genesis 34:14 KJV
Genesis · chapter 34 · verse 14
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:Genesis 34:14 · King James Version
Genesis 34:14 in context
12Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
14And 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:
15But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
16Then 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- uncircumcisedʻorlâhthe prepuceH6190 →
- cannotlôʼnotH3808 →
- cannotyâkôlto be able, literally or morallyH3201 →
- sisterʼâchôwtha sister , literally and figuratively)H269 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- givenâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
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Jacob's sons, when they heard of the injury done to Dinah, showed a very great resentment of it, influenced perhaps rather by jealousy for the honour of their family than by a sense of virtue. Many are concerned at the shamefulness of sin that never lay to heart the sinfulness of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-17