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Genesis 34:13-17

13And thesonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֜בya.'a.KoH3290answeredוַיַּעֲנ֨וּvai.ya.'a.NuH6030Shechemשְׁכֶ֨םshe.KhemH7927andHamorחֲמ֥וֹרcha.MorH2544hisfatherאָבִ֛יו'a.VivH1deceitfullyבְּמִרְמָ֖הbe.mir.MahH4820, andsaidוַיְדַבֵּ֑רוּvay.da.Be.ruH1696, because he haddefiledטִמֵּ֔אti.Me'H2930Dinahדִּינָ֥הdi.NahH1783theirsisterאֲחֹתָֽם׃'a.cho.TamH269:

14And theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559to them, Wecannotלֹ֤א נוּכַל֙lo' nu.KhalH3808 H3201doלַעֲשׂוֹת֙la.'a.soTH6213thisthingהַדָּבָ֣רha.da.VarH1697, togiveלָתֵת֙la.TetH5414oursisterאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ'a.cho.Te.nuH269tooneלְאִ֖ישׁle.'IshH376that isuncircumcisedעָרְלָ֑ה'a.re.LahH6190; for that would be areproachחֶרְפָּ֥הcher.PahH2781to us:

15But inthisבְּזֹ֖אתbe.ZotH2063will weconsentנֵא֣וֹתne.'otH225to you: If ye will be as we are, that everymaleזָכָֽר׃za.KharH2145of you shall becircumcisedלְהִמֹּ֥לle.hi.MolH4135;

16Then will wegiveוְנָתַ֤נּוּve.na.Ta.nuH5414ourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙be.no.Tei.nuH1323to you, and we willtakeנִֽקַּֽח־ni.kach-H3947yourdaughtersבְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖םbe.no.tei.KhemH1323to us, and we willdwellוְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּve.ya.Shav.nuH3427with you, and we will becomeoneאֶחָֽד׃'e.ChadH259peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971.

17But if ye will nothearkenתִשְׁמְע֛וּtish.me.'UH8085to us, to becircumcisedלְהִמּ֑וֹלle.hi.MolH4135; then will wetakeוְלָקַ֥חְנוּve.la.Kach.nuH3947ourdaughterבִּתֵּ֖נוּbi.Te.nuH1323, and we will begoneוְהָלָֽכְנוּ׃ve.ha.La.khe.nuH1980.

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