Chuàngshìjì 34:14

14 Duì tāmen shuō , wǒmen bùnéng bǎ wǒmen de meìzi gĕi méiyǒu shòu gēlǐ de rén wéi qì , yīnwei nà shì wǒmen de xiūrǔ

Chuàngshìjì 34:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:14

And they said unto them
Levi and Simeon, to Hamor and Shechem: we cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is
uncircumcised;
not that there was any law against it at that time; and there were, on the other hand, precedents for it both in Isaac and Jacob, who had married the daughters of uncircumcised persons; nor indeed do they plead any law, only that it was not becoming their character, nor agreeably to their religion, nor honourable in their esteem: for that [were] a reproach unto us;
and they should be reflected upon for slighting the institution of circumcision, which was of God: so they pretend it might be interpreted, should they enter into affinity with uncircumcised persons.

Chuàngshìjì 34:14 In-Context

12 Rènpíng xiàng wǒ yào duō zhòng de pìn jīn hé lǐwù , wǒ bì zhào nǐmen suǒ shuō de gĕi nǐmen . zhǐyào bǎ nǚzi gĕi wǒ wéi qì .

13 Yǎgè de érzi men yīnwei Shìjiàn diànwū le tāmende meìzi Dǐná , jiù yòng guǐzhà de huà huídá Shìjiàn hé tā fùqin Hāmā

14 Duì tāmen shuō , wǒmen bùnéng bǎ wǒmen de meìzi gĕi méiyǒu shòu gēlǐ de rén wéi qì , yīnwei nà shì wǒmen de xiūrǔ

15 Wéiyǒu yī jiàn cái kĕyǐ yīngyún , ruò nǐmen suǒyǒude nán dīng dōu shòu gēlǐ , hé wǒmen yíyàng ,

16 Wǒmen jiù bǎ nǚér gĕi nǐmen , yĕ qǔ nǐmen de nǚér . wǒmen biàn yǔ nǐmen tóng zhù , liǎng xià chéngwéi yíyàng de rénmín .