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:
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Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
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.
and said to them, We cannot do this, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that [were] a reproach to us.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)