Genesis 34:31
“And they said, Should hee deale with our sister, as with an harlot?”
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Genesis 34:31 Context
29And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wiues tooke they captiue, and spoiled euen all that was in the house. 30And Iacob said to Simeon and Leui, Ye haue troubled me to make me to stinke among the inhabitants of the land, amongst the Canaanites, and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselues together against me, and slay me, and I shal be destroyed, I and my house. 31And they said, Should hee deale with our sister, as with an harlot?
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Other Translations for Genesis 34:31
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot?
- King James Version
But they said, "Should he treat our sister as a harlot?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with a harlot?
- American Standard Version (1901)
But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
- Basic English Bible
And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?
- Darby Bible
And they said, Should he deal with our sister, as with a harlot?
- Webster's Bible
They said, "Should he deal with our sister as with a prostitute?"
- World English Bible
And they say, `As a harlot doth he make our sister?'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they said: 'Should one deal with our sister as with a harlot?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Genesis 34:31
34:31 Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? - No, he should not; but, if he do, Must they be their own avengers? And nothing less than so many lives, and the ruin of a whole city, serve to atone for the abuse.