But we replied, ‘We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won’t be permitted to see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.’

Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “This is the Lord’s doing. Our wishes are of no concern.

“We can’t,” they said, “until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep.”

They said to them, “We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.