Genesis 34:14

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:

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In The 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:

In Context

13But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.

15But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;

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Cross References

Genesis 17:14And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.

Joshua 5:7And their children, who came up in their place, now underwent circumcision by the hands of Joshua, not having had it before: for there had been no circumcision on the journey.

Judges 14:3Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me.

1 Samuel 17:26And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

2 Samuel 1:20Give no news of it in Gath, let it not be said in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, the daughters of men without circumcision will be uplifted in joy.

1 Kings 21:9And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:7-18

Treachery of Dinah's Brethren. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your… Read the whole commentary →

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