Genesis 34:17

17 But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughters and we will 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 give consent to you; if you will become like us--every male among you to be circumcised.

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

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

18 And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem, the son of Hamor.

19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he wanted the daughter of Jacob. Now he [was] the most honored of his father's house.