Genesis 34:15

But in this will we consent vnto you: if ye wyll be as we be, & all the males amongest you be circumcised:

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In The King James Version

But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

In Context

14And they sayde vnto them: we can not do this thing, that we shoulde geue our sister to one that is vncircumcised, for that were an abomination vnto vs.

16Then wyll we geue our daughters vnto you, and take your daughters to vs, and will dwell with you, and be one people.

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Cross References

Galatians 4:12Brethren, I besech you be as I [am] for I am as ye are. Ye haue not iniured me at all.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 34:7-18

Treachery of Dinah's Brethren. ( b. c. 1732.) 6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. 7 And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make ye marriages with us, and give your… Read the whole commentary →

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