“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 34 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.