New American Standard Bible 2020

Genesis 34:13-17

13But Jacob’sיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290sonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121answeredוַיַּעֲנ֨וּ וַיְדַבֵּ֑רוּvai.ya.'a.Nu vay.da.Be.ruH6030 H1696Shechemשְׁכֶ֨םshe.KhemH7927and his fatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1Hamorחֲמ֥וֹרcha.MorH2544with deceitבְּמִרְמָ֖הbe.mir.MahH4820,becauseאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834he had defiledטִמֵּ֔אti.Me'H2930their sisterאֲחֹתָֽם׃'a.cho.TamH269Dinahדִּינָ֥הdi.NahH1783.

14They saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to them, “We cannotלֹ֤א נוּכַל֙lo' nu.KhalH3201 H3808doלַעֲשׂוֹת֙la.'a.soTH6213thisהַזֶּ֔הha.ZehH2088thingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697, that is,giveלָתֵת֙la.TetH5414our sisterאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ'a.cho.Te.nuH269to amanלְאִ֖ישׁle.'IshH376whoאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834is uncircumcisedעָרְלָ֑ה'a.re.LahH6190,for that would be a disgraceחֶרְפָּ֥הcher.PahH2781to us.

15Onlyאַךְ־'akh-H389on thisH2088conditionwill we consentנֵא֣וֹתne.'otH225to you: ifאִ֚ם'imH518you will becomeתִּהְי֣וּtih.YuH1961likeכָמֹ֔נוּkha.Mo.nuH3644us, in that everyכָּל־kol-H3605maleזָכָֽר׃za.KharH2145of you will be circumcisedלְהִמֹּ֥לle.hi.MolH4135,

16then we will giveוְנָתַ֤נּוּve.na.Ta.nuH5414our daughtersבְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙be.no.Tei.nuH1323to you, and we will takeנִֽקַּֽח־ni.kach-H3947your daughtersבְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.no.tei.KhemH1323for ourselves, and we will liveוְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּve.ya.Shav.nuH3427with you and becomeוְהָיִ֖ינוּve.ha.Yi.nuH1961oneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971.

17But ifוְאִם־ve.'im-H518you do not listenתִשְׁמְע֛וּtish.me.'UH8085to us to be circumcisedלְהִמּ֑וֹלle.hi.MolH4135,then we will takeוְלָקַ֥חְנוּve.la.Kach.nuH3947our daughterבִּתֵּ֖נוּbi.Te.nuH1323and goוְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃ve.ha.La.khe.nuH1980.”

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