KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Genesis 34:15–17
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Genesis 34:15
15But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;
15But in this will we consent vnto you: If ye will be as we be, that euery male of you be circumcised:
Genesis 34:16
16Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
16Then wil we giue our daughters vnto you, and we wil take your daughters to vs, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
Genesis 34:17
17But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
17But if ye will not hearken vnto vs, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
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DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 34:15
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Agreement or permission; as a verb, to agree or yield.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Of the sex that begets offspring; a man or male animal.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
circumcised
Having the foreskin cut away; also used in Scripture of the covenant sign and figurative inward separation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 34:16
To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
Genesis 34:17
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To listen attentively, give heed, or obey.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
circumcised
Having the foreskin cut away; also used in Scripture of the covenant sign and figurative inward separation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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