Genesis 34:15–22

¹⁵“Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised,

¹⁶then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will ¹live with you and become one people.

¹⁷“But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go.”

¹⁸Now their words seemed ¹reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.

¹⁹The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father.

²⁰So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the ^agate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,

²¹“These men are ¹friendly with us; therefore let them ²live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is ³large enough for them. Let us take their daughters ⁴in marriage, and give our daughters to them.

²²“Only on this condition will the men consent to us to ¹live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.