Genesis 34:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ 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.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ We cannot do what you demand, nor give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, which with us is unlawful and abominable.

Genesis 34:14 Cross References

Genesis 17:11

You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

Genesis 17:14

Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.”

Genesis 34:13

The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

Genesis 34:15

Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised.

2 Samuel 1:20

Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice; the daughters of the uncircumcised will exult.

2 Samuel 15:7

At the end of four years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron and pay the vow that I have made to the Lord.

1 Kings 21:9

She wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the assembly;

Matthew 2:13

Now after they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”

Matthew 2:8

Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word so that I may also go and pay him homage.”

Romans 4:11

He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. The purpose was to make him the ancestor of all who believe without being circumcised and who thus have righteousness reckoned to them,

Judges 14:3

But his father and mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among your kin or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, because she pleases me.”

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will act for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”

1 Samuel 17:26

David said to the men who stood by him, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”