Genesis 34:22

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

Genesis 34:22 in Other Translations

22 Only 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.

22 Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us to become one people--when every male among us is circumcised as they are circumcised.

22 But they will consider staying here and becoming one people with us only if all of our men are circumcised, just as they are.

22 But these men will only accept our invitation to live with us and become one big family on one condition, that all our males become circumcised just as they themselves are.

22 But the men will agree to live with us and be one people only on this condition: if all our men are 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 the gate of their city to speak to the men of their city.

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 agree 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 agree to their terms, 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.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 15