Genesis 34:17

But and yf ye will not harken vnto vs to be circumcysed than will we take oure doughter and goo oure wayes.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

In Context

16tha will we geue oure doughter to you and take youres to vs and will dwell with you and be one people.

18And their wordes pleased Hemor and Sichem his sonne.

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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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