Catholic Public Domain Version
"But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and withdraw.” "
— Genesis 34:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.”
“But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. ”
“But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our sister, and we will be gone."”
“But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.””
“But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and depart.”
“But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.”
“But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.”
“We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable.
But we may succeed in this, so as to be allied with you, if you are willing to become like us, and if all the male sex among you will be circumcised.
Then we will mutually give and receive your daughters as well as ours; and we will live with you, and we will become one people.
But if you will not be circumcised, we will take our daughter and withdraw.”
Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
Neither did the young man cause any delay; in fact he immediately fulfilled what was requested. For he loved the girl very much, and he was well-known throughout his father’s house.
And entering at the gate of the city, they spoke to the people: