“And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall become a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
Genesis 34:14 - The Scriptures 2009 And they said to them, “We are not able to do this matter, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They said to them, We cannot do this thing and give our sister to one who is not circumcised, for that would be a reproach and disgrace to us. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible They said to them, “We can’t do this, allowing our sisters to marry uncircumcised men, because it’s disgraceful to us. Catholic Public Domain Version "We are not able to do what you ask, nor to give our sister to an uncircumcised man. For us, this is unlawful and abominable. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable. |
“And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall become a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
“And an uncircumcised male child, who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, his life shall be cut off from his people – he has broken My covenant.”
But the sons of Ya‛aqoḇ answered Sheḵem and Ḥamor his father, and spoke with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.
Only on this condition would we agree to you: If you become as we are, to have every male of you circumcised,
“Declare it not in Gath, Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashqelon, Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
And it came to be at the end of forty years that Aḇshalom said to the sovereign, “Please, let me go to Ḥeḇron and pay the vow which I vowed to יהוה.
And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and seat Naḇoth at the head of the people,
And when they had left, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared to Yosĕph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Mitsrayim, and remain there until I bring you word, for Herodes is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”
And having sent them to Bĕyth Leḥem, he said, “Go and search diligently for the Child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, so that I too might go and do reverence to Him.”
And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the belief while in uncircumcision, for him to be a father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for righteousness to be reckoned to them also,
But his father and mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you should take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Shimshon said to his father, “Take her for me, for she is pleasing in my eyes.”
And Yehonathan said to the young man who bore his armour, “Come, and let us go over to the outpost of these uncircumcised. If so be, יהוה does work for us. For there is no hindrance for יהוה to save by many or by few.”
And Dawiḏ spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who strikes this Philistine and shall take away reproach from Yisra’ĕl? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the armies of the living Elohim?”
“Your servant has stricken both lion and bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has reproached the armies of the living Elohim.”