Genesis 34:14

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵיהֶם לֹא נוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה לָתֵת אֶת־אֲחֹתֵנוּ לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ עָרְלָה כִּֽי־חֶרְפָּה הִוא לָֽנוּ׃

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Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם לֹ֤א נוּכַל֙ לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה לָתֵת֙ אֶת־אֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ לְאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ עָרְלָ֑ה כִּֽי־חֶרְפָּ֥ה הִ֖וא לָֽנוּ׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ εἶπαν αὐτοῖς καὶ Λευὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Δεῖνας υἱοὶ δὲ Λείας Οὐ δυνησόμεθα ποιῆσαι τοῦτο, δοῦναι τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἡμῶν ἀνθρώπῳ ὃς ὦι ἀκροβυστίαν· ἔστιν γὰρ ὄνειδος ἡμῖν.

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Non possumus facere quod petitis, nec dare sororem nostram homini incircumciso: quod illicitum et nefarium est apud nos.

Spanish

Y dijéronles: No podemos hacer esto de dar nuestra hermana á hombre que tiene prepucio; porque entre nosotros es abominación.

English

“ We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “ To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

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