14They 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.


In Context

11 Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask.

12 Make the price for the bride and the gift I am to bring as great as you like, and I'll pay whatever you ask me. Only give me the girl as my wife."

13 Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob's sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.

14 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.

15 We will give our consent to you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.

16 Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We'll settle among you and become one people with you.

Genesis 34:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:14And 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:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:14We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:14and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:14and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:14and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:14And 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:14and 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:14and 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:14And 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: