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Genesis 34:13-17

13And the sonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290answeredוַיַּעֲנ֨וּvai.ya.'a.NuH6030Shechemשְׁכֶ֨םshe.KhemH7927and Hamorחֲמ֥וֹרcha.MorH2544his fatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1deceitfullyבְּמִרְמָ֖הbe.mir.MahH4820,and saidוַיְדַבֵּ֑רוּvay.da.Be.ruH1696,because he had defiledטִמֵּ֔אti.Me'H2930Dinahדִּינָ֥הdi.NahH1783their sisterאֲחֹתָֽם׃'a.cho.TamH269:

14And they saidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto them, We cannotלֹ֤א נוּכַל֙lo' nu.KhalH3201 H3808doלַעֲשׂוֹת֙la.'a.soTH6213this thingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697,to giveלָתֵת֙la.TetH5414our sisterאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ'a.cho.Te.nuH269to oneלְאִ֖ישׁle.'IshH376that is uncircumcisedעָרְלָ֑ה'a.re.LahH6190; for that werea reproachחֶרְפָּ֥הcher.PahH2781unto us:

15But in thisבְּזֹ֖אתbe.ZotH2063will we consentנֵא֣וֹתne.'otH225unto you: If ye will be as we be,that every maleזָכָֽר׃za.KharH2145of you be circumcisedלְהִמֹּ֥לle.hi.MolH4135;

16Then will we giveוְנָתַ֤נּוּve.na.Ta.nuH5414our daughtersבְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙be.no.Tei.nuH1323unto you, and we will takeנִֽקַּֽח־ni.kach-H3947your daughtersבְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.no.tei.KhemH1323to us, and we will dwellוְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּve.ya.Shav.nuH3427with you, and we will become oneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971.

17But if ye will not hearkenתִשְׁמְע֛וּtish.me.'UH8085unto us, to be circumcisedלְהִמּ֑וֹלle.hi.MolH4135;then will we takeוְלָקַ֥חְנוּve.la.Kach.nuH3947our daughterבִּתֵּ֖נוּbi.Te.nuH1323,and we will be goneוְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃ve.ha.La.khe.nuH1980.

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