complete verse (Genesis 34:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 34:14:

  • Newari: “They said — ‘We cannot give our younger sister to an uncircumcised person. [lit.: to a person who does not have the sign in [his] body.] If [we] do like this it will dishonor us.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They said, ‘(It) is- not -possible that we (excl.) will-have- Dina -marry to a man who has- not -been-circumcised, for that would-bring-shame upon us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “by saying to them, ‘No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)