Genesis 34:14
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:
KJV
Non possumus facere quod petitis, nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso : quod illicitum et nefarium est apud nos.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Δείνας υἱοὶ δὲ Λείας Οὐ δυνησόμεθα ποιῆσαι τοῦτο, δοῦναι τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν ἀνθρώπῳ ὃς ἔχει ἀκροβυστίαν· ἔστιν γὰρ ὄνειδος ἡμῖν.
LXX
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.
ASV
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵי/הֶ֗ם לֹ֤א נוּכַל֙ לַ/עֲשׂוֹת֙ הַ/דָּבָ֣ר הַ/זֶּ֔ה לָ/תֵת֙ אֶת אֲחֹתֵ֔/נוּ לְ/אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר ל֣/וֹ עָרְלָ֑ה כִּֽי חֶרְפָּ֥ה הִ֖וא לָֽ/נוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 11:2 — And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
- Gen 29:8 — And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then we water the sheep.
- Josh 5:9 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
- Num 12:1 — And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.