Genesis 34:22

22 These people will consent to live with us and become one nation on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as they are.

Genesis 34:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:22

Only herein will the men consent unto us
The only term or condition insisted upon, to come into an alliance and affinity with us, and for to dwell with us, to be one people,
to become one body politic, is the following one: if every male among us be circumcised, as they [are] circumcised;
submitting to this rite, they agree to take up their residence with us, and be incorporated among us, and become one people.

Genesis 34:22 In-Context

20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to their city gate to speak to the men of their city. They said,

21 "These people are friendly toward us, so let them live in our land and move about freely in the area. Look, there's plenty of room in this land for them. We can marry their daughters and let them marry ours.

22 These people will consent to live with us and become one nation on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as they are.

23 Won't their livestock, their personal property, and all their animals be ours? We only need to agree to do this for them. Then they'll live with us."

24 All the men who had come out to the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. So they were all circumcised at the city gate.