Genesis 34:22
20 So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:
21 “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
23 Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
24 All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people, if every male among us is circumcised, as they are circumcised.
- ASV
- Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised.
- DARBY
- But only in this will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people if every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.
- BLB
- Only on this condition will the men consent to us to dwell with us, to be one people: If every male among us be circumcised as they [are] circumcised.
- ÅB
- Men bare på det vilkår vil mennene være oss til vilje og bo hos oss og bli til ett folk med oss, at alt mannkjønn iblant oss lar seg omskjære, slik som de selv er omskåret.
- OTB
- Men mennene vil samtykke til å bo med oss som ett folk bare på betingelse av at alle menn blant oss blir omskåret, som de er.
- B1930
- Men bare på det vilkår vil mennene være oss til vilje og bo hos oss og bli til ett folk med oss, at alt mannkjønn iblandt oss lar sig omskjære, likesom de selv er omskåret.