Genesis 34:15

'Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

Young's Literal Translation

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 say unto them, 'We are not able to do this thing, to give our sister to one who hath a foreskin: for it [is] a reproach to us.

16then we have given our daughters to you, and your daughters we take to ourselves, and we have dwelt with you, and have become one people;

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Cross References

Galatians 4:12Become as I [am] — because I also [am] as ye brethren, I beseech you; to me ye did no hurt,

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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