Catholic Public Domain Version
"They responded, “Should they abuse our sister like a prostitute?” "
— Genesis 34:31, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? ”
“And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot? ”
“They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"”
“But Simeon and Levi replied,“Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?””
“They answered: Should they abuse our sister as a strumpet? ”
“But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?”
“And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? ”
Taking their sheep, and herds, and donkeys, and laying waste to everything else that was in their houses and in their fields,
they also took their little ones and their wives captive.
When they had boldly completed these acts, Jacob said to Simeon and Levi: “You have troubled me, and you have made me hateful to the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the inhabitants of this land. We are few. They, gathering themselves together, may strike me down, and then both I and my house will be wiped away.”
They responded, “Should they abuse our sister like a prostitute?”