Genesis 34:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Gen 34:6-16
    11 verses
    86%

    6And Hamor, the father of Shechem, went out to Jacob to speak with him.

    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.

    10And you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade therein, and acquire possessions there.

    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,

    14And 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.

    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.

  • Gen 34:18-24
    7 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Gen 34:4
    76%

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

  • Gen 34:26
    73%

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

  • Gen 24:8
    73%

    8And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there."

  • Neh 10:30
    72%

    30And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

  • Gen 34:2
    71%

    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.