But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
Verse 17. Then will we take our daughter, and we will he gone.] It is natural to suppose that the tribe of Hamor was very inconsiderable, else they would not have sought an alliance with the family of Jacob, and have come so readily into a painful, disgraceful measure, without having either the sanction of Divine authority or reason; for it does not appear that the sons of Jacob urged either. And they are threatened here that if they do not agree to be circumcised, Dinah shall be taken from them, and restored to her family; and this is probably what the Shechemites saw they had not power at present to prevent.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
But if ye will not hearken to us to be circumcised,…. Will not agree to this condition, circumcision:
then will we take our daughter; by force, as the Targum of Jonathan adds:
and we will be gone: depart from this part of the country, and go elsewhere.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
1Pe 2:16 ; 1Th 2:5 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
Ver. 17. But if ye will not hearken. ] How often have men found treason in trust, and murder under show of marriage! as in 1Sa 18:17 ; 1Sa 18:25 Dan 11:17 , and in the massacre of Paris.