Genesis 34:15–22

¹⁵Only on this condition will we give consent to you; if you will become like us—every male among you to be circumcised. ¹⁶Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take for ourselves your daughters, and we will live with you and become one family. ¹⁷But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised, then we will take our daughters and we will go.” ¹⁸And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor and in the eyes of Shechem, the son of Hamor. ¹⁹And the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he wanted the daughter of Jacob. Now he was the most honored of his father’s house. ²⁰Then Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the men of their city, saying, ²¹“These men are at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and let them trade in it. Now, behold, the land is broad enough for them.^e Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give our daughters to them. ²²Only on this condition will the men give consent to us, to live with us and to become one family—when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.