Genesis 34:17
But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
But 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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Genesis 34:17
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.
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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.
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circumcised
Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of circumcise, meaning to cut off the foreskin as the commanded sign of the covenant. Sense 2: Figuratively, to remove hardness or uncleanness of heart.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
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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.
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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18And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamors sonne.