Genesis 34:14
Good News Translation
They said to him, "We cannot let our sister marry a man who is not circumcised; that would be a disgrace for us.

New Revised Standard Version
They said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

Contemporary English Version
So they tricked them by saying: You're not circumcised! It would be a disgrace for us to let you marry Dinah now.

New American Bible
They said to them, “We are not able to do this thing: to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For that would be a disgrace for us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; which with us is unlawful and abominable.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; which with us is unlawful and abominable.

uncircumcised.

Genesis 17:11 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Joshua 5:2-9 At that time the Lord said to Joshua: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel. . . .

1 Samuel 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised, it may be the Lord will do for us: because it is easy for the Lord to save either by many, or by few.

1 Samuel 17:26,36 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: What shall be given to the man that shall kill this Philistine, and shall take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? . . .

2 Samuel 1:20 Tell it not in Geth, publish it not in the streets of Ascalon: lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

2 Samuel 15:7 And after forty years, Absalom said to king David: Let me go, and pay my vows which I have vowed to the Lord in Hebron.

1 Kings 21:9 And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people;

Matthew 2:8,13 And sending them into Bethlehem, said: Go and diligently inquire after the child, and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and adore him. . . .

Matthew 23:1-39 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, . . .

Romans 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the justice of the faith which he had, being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, being uncircumcised: that unto them also it may be reputed to justice:

Context
The Revenge of Dinah's Brothers
13The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister: 14We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; which with us is unlawful and abominable.15But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:…
Cross References
Genesis 17:14
The male whose flesh of his foreskin shall not be circumcised, that soul shall be destroyed out of his people: because he hath broken my covenant.

Genesis 34:13
The sons of Jacob answered Sichem and his father deceitfully, being enraged at the deflowering of their sister:

Genesis 34:15
But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

Genesis 34:13
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