King James Version
Genesis 34:17 in the King James Version says “But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.”
Genesis 34:17 · KJV
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“But if ye will not hearken”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“unto us to be circumcised”
H4135to cut short, i.e., curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e., to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“our daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“and we will be gone”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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