Genesis 34:17

17 Forsooth if ye will not be circumcised, (then) we shall take our daughter, and we shall go away.

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 But in this we shall be able to be bound in peace, if ye will be like us, and each of male kind be circumcised in you; (But by this we shall make a covenant with thee, if ye will be made like us, and each of your males be circumcised;)

16 then we shall give and take together our daughters and yours (then we shall give our daughters to you, and we shall take your daughters for ourselves); and we shall dwell with you, and we shall be one people.

17 Forsooth if ye will not be circumcised, (then) we shall take our daughter, and we shall go away.

18 The proffering of them pleased Hamor, and Shechem, his son, (And their proffer pleased Hamor, and his son Shechem,)

19 and the young waxing man delayed not, that not he fulfilled anon that that was asked; for he loved the damsel greatly, and he was (the most) noble in all the house of his father. (and the young man delayed not, but he fulfilled at once what was asked for; for he greatly loved the young woman, and he was the most noble in all of his father's household.)