GENESIS 34:17

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.”

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Genesis 34:17 Translation & Meaning

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But if וְאִם Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not if
ye will not לֹ֧א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
hearken תִשְׁמְע֛וּ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hearken
unto אֵלֵ֖ינוּ Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
us, to be circumcised; לְהִמּ֑וֹל To cut short, i.e., curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e., to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy circumcised
then will we take וְלָקַ֥חְנוּ To take (in the widest variety of applications) then take
our daughter, בִּתֵּ֖נוּ A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) daughter
and we will be gone. וְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) gone

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  • 15  But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

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

  • 17  But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.

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

  • 19  And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.




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