22But the men will consent to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.


In Context

19 The young man, who was the most honored of all his father's household, lost no time in doing what they said, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter.

20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city to speak to their fellow townsmen.

21 "These men are friendly toward us," they said. "Let them live in our land and trade in it; the land has plenty of room for them. We can marry their daughters and they can marry ours.

22 But the men will consent to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.

23 Won't their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us give our consent to them, and they will settle among us."

24 All the men who went out of the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male in the city was circumcised.

Genesis 34:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:22Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they [are] circumcised.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

34:22One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

34:22Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:22But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

34:22Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:22Only herein, will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us shall be circumcised, as they are circumcised.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

34:22Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

34:22'Only for this do the men consent to us, to dwell with us, to become one people, in every male of us being circumcised, as they are circumcised;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

34:22Only herein will the men consent to us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.