Genesis 34:15

15 Only on this condition will we consent to what you are asking: that you become like us by having every male among you get 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 The sons of Ya'akov answered Sh'khem and Hamor his father deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

14 They said to them, "We can't do it, because it would be a disgrace to give our sister to someone who hasn't been circumcised.

15 Only on this condition will we consent to what you are asking: that you become like us by having every male among you get circumcised.

16 Then we'll give our daughters to you, and we'll take your daughters for ourselves, and we'll live with you and become one people.

17 But if you won't do as we say and get circumcised, then we'll take our daughter and go away."