“And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:”
They said to them: we can't do such a thing; we can't give our sister to a man who is not circumcised. That would be a disgrace to us. The stated objection — circumcision — is the cover for the plan. The application: the use of covenant obligations as tactical deceptions is a form of desecration of the covenant itself.
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