King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 34:17
“But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.”
Verse in context — Genesis 34
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But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised;
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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.
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But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
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And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
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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.
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