NET Bible
"We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males."
— Genesis 34:15, NET Bible
“But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;”
“Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised; ”
“Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;”
“But in this we may be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:”
“But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;”
“But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;”
You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I’ll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!”
Jacob’s sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
They said to them,“We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us.
We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.
Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.
But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart.”
Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem.