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.


In Context

19 The young man didn't wait to do this thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was honored above all the house of his father.

20 Hamor and Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, and talked with the men of their city, saying,

21 |These men are peaceful with us. Therefore let them live in the land and trade in it. For behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.

22 Only 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.

23 Won't their livestock and their possessions and all their animals be ours? Only let us give our consent to them, and they will dwell with us.|

24 All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor, and to Shechem his son; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

34:22But the men will consent to live with us as one people only on the condition that our males be circumcised, as they themselves are.

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 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.