Genesis 34:14 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁴ 5 But in this way may we be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ 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)

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ 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

¹⁴ "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.

Genesis 34:14 Cross References

Genesis 17:11

1 And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, that it may be for a h sign of the covenant between me and you.

Genesis 17:14

4 The male, whose dash 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

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

Genesis 34:15

6 Then will we mutually give and take your daughters, and ours: and we will dwell with you, and will be one people:

2 Samuel 1:20

5 How are the valiant fallen in battle? Jonathan slain in the high places?

2 Samuel 15:7

2 Absalom also sent for Achitophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city Gilo. And while he was offering sacrifices, there was a strong conspiracy, and the people running together increased with Absalom.

1 Kings 21:9

4 And they sent to Jezabel, saying: Naboth is stoned, and is dead.

Matthew 2:13

1 Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

Matthew 2:8

6 Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

Romans 4:11

9 And he was not weak in faith; neither did he consider his own body now dead, whereas he was almost an hundred years old, nor the dead womb of Sara.

Judges 14:3

And after some days returning to take her, he went aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold there was a swarm of bees in the mouth of the lion and a honeycomb.

1 Samuel 14:6

1 So both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said: Behold the Hebrews come forth out of the holes wherein they were hid.

1 Samuel 17:26

1 And the words which David spoke were heard, and were rehearsed before Saul.

1 Samuel 17:36

1 And the Philistine came on, and drew nigh against David, and his armourbearer before him.