Genesis 34:15

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

Genesis 34:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 34:15

But in this will we consent unto you
Upon the following condition, that Dinah should be given in marriage: if ye will be as we [be], that every male of you be circumcised;
as the sons of Jacob were, according to the command given to Abraham their great grandfather, ( Genesis 17:10 ) .

Genesis 34:15 In-Context

13 But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

14 They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

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

16 then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live 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."