Genesis 34:17

17 "But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go."

Genesis 34:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:17

But if ye will not hearken to us to be circumcised
Will not agree to this condition, circumcision: then will we take our daughter;
by force, as the Targum of Jonathan adds: and we will be gone:
depart from this part of the country, and go elsewhere.

Genesis 34:17 In-Context

15 "Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised,

16 then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people.

17 "But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go."

18 Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son.

19 The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father.