Genesis 34:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Gen 17:11 : 11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
  • Gen 17:14 : 14 And the uncircumcised male child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.
  • Josh 5:2-9 : 2 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make for yourself sharp knives, and circumcise the children of Israel again the second time. 3 And Joshua made sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 4 And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised: All the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness on the way, after they came out of Egypt. 5 Now all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised. 6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, to whom the LORD swore that He would not show them the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 7 And their children, whom He raised up in their place, them Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. 8 And it came to pass, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp till they were healed. 9 And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.
  • 1 Sam 14:6 : 6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us, for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few."
  • 1 Sam 17:26 : 26 David spoke to the men standing by him, asking, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?
  • 1 Sam 17:36 : 36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.
  • 2 Sam 1:20 : 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
  • 2 Sam 15:7 : 7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray you, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
  • 1 Kgs 21:9 : 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:
  • Matt 2:8 : 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I bring you word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
  • Matt 23:1-9 : 1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowd and to his disciples, 2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 Therefore, whatever they ask you to observe, that observe and do; but do not do according to their works: for they say and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 and love the best places at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But do not be called Rabbi: for one is your Teacher, the Christ; and all you are brethren. 9 And call no man on earth your father: for one is your Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called teachers: for one is your Teacher, the Christ. 11 But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and he who humbles himself shall be exalted. 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in. 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: therefore you shall receive greater condemnation. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you travel land and sea to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves. 16 Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated! 17 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18 And, Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. 19 Fools and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on it. 21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cumin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faith: these you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel. 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! 38 See, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I say to you, You shall not see me again until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
  • Rom 4:11 : 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be credited to them also;

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  • Gen 34:11-13
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    11And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and whatever you say to me, I will give.

    12Ask me for ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to your saying to me, but give me the young woman as a wife.

    13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah, their sister,

  • Gen 34:15-27
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    15But in this will we consent unto you: If you will become as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

    16Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

    17But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and leave.

    18And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

    19And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter, and he was more honorable than all the house of his father.

    20And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

    21These men are peaceable with us, therefore let them dwell in the land and trade therein, for the land, indeed, is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

    22Only in this will the men consent to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

    23Will not their livestock and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us.

    24And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and Shechem his son, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

    25And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took each man his sword and came upon the city boldly and slew all the males.

    26And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house and left.

    27The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city because they had defiled their sister.

  • Gen 34:31
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    31And they said, Should he treat our sister as a harlot?

  • Gen 34:4
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    4And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this young woman as a wife.

  • Gen 34:7-9
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    7And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it, and they were grieved and very wroth because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.

    8And Hamor spoke with them, saying, My son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you give her to him as a wife.

    9And make marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.

  • Gen 34:1-2
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    1And Dinah, the daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.

    2And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

  • Judg 21:18
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    18However, we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that gives a wife to Benjamin.

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