Genesis 34:15

Only herein, can we consent to you,—If ye will become like us, by circumcising to you every male,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 said unto them—We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to a man that is uncircumcised,—for a reproach, it would be to us.

16then will we give our daughters to you, and your daughters, will we take to us,—and we will dwell with you, and become one people.

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Cross References

Galatians 4:12Become ye as, I, because, I also, [was] as, ye,—brethren, I entreat you. Not at all, have ye wronged me.

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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