Genesis 34:22
20 And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
21 These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
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.
23 Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.
24 And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city.
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.
Compare
- 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.