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But ifוְאִםyou will notלֹאlistenתִשְׁמְעוּto usאֵלֵינוּand be circumcised,לְהִמּוֹלthen we will takeוְלָקַחְנוּour daughterאֶת בִּתֵּנוּand go.”וְהָלָכְנוּ
Genesis 34:17
Study it in the app“But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 34:17, word by word
- listenתִשְׁמְעוּtishmu
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishmu” appears- and be circumcisedהִמּוֹלhimol
circumcise
To circumcise, also the heart.
Where else “himol” appears- then we will takeלָקַחְנוּlakachnu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lakachnu” appears- our daughterבִּתֵּbite
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bite” appears- and goהָלָכְנוּhalachnu
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachnu” appears
The context
16Then we will give our daughters to you, and your daughters we will take for ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.
17 · This verse (above)
18Their words seemed good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem, Hamor’s son.
To study Genesis 34 in a group
1. What it says
What did Simeon and Levi do after what happened to Dinah (vv. 25-26)?
2. What it means
Why was Jacob upset with them, and what did his sons answer (vv. 30-31)?
3. How I live it
How can you respond to an injustice without paying back harm?