NET Bible
"But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.”"
— Genesis 34:17, NET Bible
“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 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.”
They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.
We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.
Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.
But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.”
Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.
The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob’s daughter Dinah badly.(Now he was more important than anyone in his father’s household.)
So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city,