Verse List for GEN 34:14

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OET (OET-RV) stating, “Sorry, we can’t do that because it would be a disgrace in our culture to allow a man with a foreskin to marry her.

OET-LV And_they _said to_them not we _are _able for_doing the_thing the_this to_give DOM sister _of_our to_a _man whom to_him/it a _foreskin if/because is_a _reproach it to/for_us.

ULT And they said to them, “We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who has a foreskin, because that, is a disgrace to us!

UST They said to them, “It would not be acceptable for us to let our sister marry a man like you who is not circumcised, because that would dishonor our family!

BSB & MSB “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

OEB ‘We cannot do this. We cannot give our sister to someone who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

WEBBE & WMBB 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.

NET They said to them, “We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.

LSV and say to them, “We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who has a foreskin, for it [is] a reproach to us.

FBV They told them, “We can't do this! We can't allow our sister to marry a man who's not circumcised. That would bring disgrace on us.

T4T by saying to them, “No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.

LEB And they said to them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that is a disgrace for us.

BBE And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

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JPS 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.

ASV 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.

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

YLT 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.

Drby and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach to us.

RV 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:

SLT And they will say to them, We shall not be able to do this word, to give our sister to a man which to him is uncircumcision; for this a reproach to us.

Wbstr 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:

KJB-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:

KJB-1611 And they saide vnto them, wee cannot doe this thing, to giue our sister to one that is vncircumcised: for that were a reproch vnto vs.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And they sayde vnto them: we can not do this thing, that we shoulde geue our sister to one that is vncircumcised, for that were an abomination vnto vs.
(And they said unto them: we cannot do this thing, that we should give our sister to one that is uncircumcised, for that were an abomination/disgusting_thing unto us.)

Gnva And they said vnto them, We can not do this thing, to giue our sister to an vncircumcised man: for that were a reproofe vnto vs.
(And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to an uncircumcised man: for that were a reproof unto us.)

Cvdl & sayde vnto them: That can we not do, to geue oure sister to an vncircumcided man: for that were a shame vnto vs.
(and said unto them: That can we not do, to give our sister to an uncircumcided man: for that were a shame unto us.)

Wycl We moun not do this that ye axen, nether we moun yyue oure sistir to a man vncircumcidid, which thing is vnleueful and abhomynable anentis vs.
(We may/can not do this that ye/you_all asking, neither we may/can give our sister to a man uncircumcised, which thing is unleueful and abominable/revolting towards us.)

Luth und sprachen zu ihnen: Wir können das nicht tun, daß wir unsere Schwester einem unbeschnittenen Mann geben; denn das wäre uns eine Schande.
(and said to/for to_them: We can the not do/put, that we/us our sister on uncircumcised man give; because/than the were us/to_us/ourselves a/one shame/dishonour.)

ClVg Non possumus facere quod petitis, nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso: quod illicitum et nefarium est apud nos.
(Not/No we_can to_do that you_ask, but_not dare sister ours to_man incircumciso: that thereitum and nefarium it_is at us.)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵי⁠הֶ֗ם לֹ֤א נוּכַל֙ לַ⁠עֲשׂוֹת֙ הַ⁠דָּבָ֣ר הַ⁠זֶּ֔ה לָ⁠תֵת֙ אֶת־אֲחֹתֵ֔⁠נוּ לְ⁠אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ל֣⁠וֹ עָרְלָ֑ה כִּֽי־חֶרְפָּ֥ה הִ֖וא לָֽ⁠נוּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς Συμεὼν καὶ Λευὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Δείνας, οὐ δυνησόμεθα ποιῆσαι τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο, δοῦναι τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν ἀνθρώπῳ, ὃς ἔχει ἀκροβυστίαν· ἔστι γὰρ ὄνειδος ἡμῖν.

BrTr And Symeon and Levi, the brothers of Dina, said to them, We shall not be able to do this thing, to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for it is a reproach to us.