Genesis 34:14
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New International Version (©2011)
They said to them, "We can't do such a thing; we can't give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They said to them, "We couldn't possibly allow this, because you're not circumcised. It would be a disgrace for our sister to marry a man like you!

English Standard Version (©2001)
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.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
We cannot do this thing," they said to them. "Giving our sister to an uncircumcised man is a disgrace to us.

International Standard Version (©2012)
They told them, "We can't do this. We can't give our sister to a man who isn't circumcised, because that would be insulting to us.

NET Bible (©2006)
They said to them, "We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They said, "We can't do this. We can't give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised. That would be a disgrace to us!

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that would be a reproach unto us:

American King James Version
And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us:

American Standard Version
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.

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.

Darby Bible Translation
and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us.

English Revised Version
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:

Webster's Bible Translation
And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised: for that would be a reproach to us:

World English Bible
and said to them, "We can't do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised; for that is a reproach to us.

Young's Literal Translation
and say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it is a reproach to us.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

34:1-19 Young persons, especially females, are never so safe and well off as under the care of pious parents. Their own ignorance, and the flattery and artifices of designing, wicked people, who are ever laying snares for them, expose them to great danger. They are their own enemies if they desire to go abroad, especially alone, among strangers to true religion. Those parents are very wrong who do not hinder their children from needlessly exposing themselves to danger. Indulged children, like Dinah, often become a grief and shame to their families. Her pretence was, to see the daughters of the land, to see how they dressed, and how they danced, and what was fashionable among them; she went to see, yet that was not all, she went to be seen too. She went to get acquaintance with the Canaanites, and to learn their ways. See what came of Dinah's gadding. The beginning of sin is as the letting forth of water. How great a matter does a little fire kindle! We should carefully avoid all occasions of sin and approaches to it.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they said unto them,.... Levi and Simeon, to Hamor and Shechem:

we cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; not that there was any law against it at that time; and there were, on the other hand, precedents for it both in Isaac and Jacob, who had married the daughters of uncircumcised persons; nor indeed do they plead any law, only that it was not becoming their character, nor agreeably to their religion, nor honourable in their esteem:

for that were a reproach unto us; and they should be reflected upon for slighting the institution of circumcision, which was of God: so they pretend it might be interpreted, should they enter into affinity with uncircumcised persons.

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The Revenge of Dinah's Brothers
13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: 14And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us: 15But in this will we consent to you: If you will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; …

Genesis 17:14 Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh, will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant."
Genesis 34:13 Because their sister Dinah had been defiled, Jacob's sons replied deceitfully as they spoke to Shechem and his father Hamor.
Genesis 34:15 We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.