Genesis 34:14 Parallel Translations

They said, "We can't do this. We can't give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised. That would be a disgrace to us!(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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:

ASV:

and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.

BBE:

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:

DBY:

and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us.

ERV:

and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:

JPS:

and said unto them: 'We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.

WBS:

And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised: for that would be a reproach to us:

WEB:

and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

YLT:

and say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it is a reproach to us.

Genesis 34:14 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 17:14 "But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant."
(NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

34:14 And they said unto them, {c} We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a {d} reproach unto us:
(c) They used the holy ordinance of God a means to accomplish their wicked purpose.
(d) As it is abomination for those who are baptized to be joined to infidels.

MHC:

34:1-19 Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children from needlessly exposing themselves to danger. Indulged children, like Dinah, often become a grief and shame to their families. Her pretence was, to see the daughters of the land, to see how they dressed, and how they danced, and what was fashionable among them; she went to see, yet that was not all, she went to be seen too. She went to get acquaintance with the Canaanites, and to learn their ways. See what came of Dinah's gadding. The beginning of sin is as the letting forth of water. How great a matter does a little fire kindle! We should carefully avoid all occasions of sin and approaches to it.

CONC:

Able Can't Cause Circumcised Circumcision Disgrace Foreskin Possible Reproach Shame Sister Uncircumcised

Cause Circumcised Circumcision Disgrace Foreskin Possible Reproach Shame Sister Uncircumcised

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