Genesis 34:22

22 But these men will agree to live among us and be one people with us only on the condition that we circumcise all our males, as they are circumcised.

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 Hamor and his son Shechem went to the meeting place at the city gate and spoke to the people of the town:

21 "These men are friendly; let them live in the land with us and travel freely. The land is large enough for them also. Let us marry their daughters and give them ours in marriage.

22 But these men will agree to live among us and be one people with us only on the condition that we circumcise all our males, as they are circumcised.

23 Won't all their livestock and everything else they own be ours? So let us agree that they can live among us."

24 All the citizens of the city agreed with what Hamor and Shechem proposed, and all the males were circumcised.