Genesis 34:15
New International Version
We will enter into an agreement with you on one condition only: that you become like us by circumcising all your males.

New Living Translation
But here is a solution. If every man among you will be circumcised like we are,

English Standard Version
Only on this condition will we agree with you—that you will become as we are by every male among you being circumcised.

Berean Standard Bible
We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

King James Bible
But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

New King James Version
But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as we are, if every male of you is circumcised,

New American Standard Bible
Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you will be circumcised,

NASB 1995
“Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised,

NASB 1977
“Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised,

Legacy Standard Bible
Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male among you be circumcised,

Amplified Bible
But we will consent to you only on this condition: if you will become like us, in that every male among you consents to be circumcised,

Christian Standard Bible
We will agree with you only on this condition: if all your males are circumcised as we are.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We will agree with you only on this condition: if all your males are circumcised as we are.

American Standard Version
Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
However in this we will consent to you, if it is that you would be like us and you will circumcise every male just as we are circumcised

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Only on these terms will we conform to you, and dwell among you, if ye also will be as we are, in that every male of you be circumcised.

Contemporary English Version
But we will let you marry her, if you and the other men in your tribe agree to be circumcised.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But in this way may we be allied with you, if you will be like us, and all the male sex among you be circumcised:

English Revised Version
Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
We will give our consent to you only on one condition: Every male must be circumcised as we are.

Good News Translation
We can agree only on the condition that you become like us by circumcising all your males.

International Standard Version
But we'll agree to your request, only if you will become like us by circumcising every male among you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;

Literal Standard Version
Only for this we consent to you: if you are as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

Majority Standard Bible
We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

New American Bible
Only on this condition will we agree to that: that you become like us by having every male among you circumcised.

NET Bible
We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males.

New Revised Standard Version
Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised.

New Heart English Bible
Only on this condition will we agree with you; that you become like us by circumcising all your males;

Webster's Bible Translation
But in this will we consent to you: If ye will be as we are, that every male of you shall be circumcised;

World English Bible
Only on this condition will we consent to you. If you will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised,

Young's Literal Translation
'Only for this we consent to you; if ye be as we, to have every male of you circumcised,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Revenge of Dinah's Brothers
14“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us. 15We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us— every one of your males. 16Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.…

Cross References
Genesis 34:14
"We cannot do such a thing," they said. "To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

Genesis 34:16
Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.


Treasury of Scripture

But in this will we consent to you: If you will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised;

Galatians 4:12
Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

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Genesis 34
1. Dinah is ravished by Shechem.
4. He requests to marry her.
13. The sons of Jacob offer the condition of circumcision to the Shechemites.
20. Hamor and Shechem persuade them to accept it.
25. The sons of Jacob upon that advantage slay them, and spoil their city.
30. Jacob reproves Simeon and Levi.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
We will consent
נֵא֣וֹת (nê·’ō·wṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 225: To come, to assent

to this
לָכֶ֑ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

on one
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

condition,
אִ֚ם (’im)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

that you become
תִּהְי֣וּ (tih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

circumcised
לְהִמֹּ֥ל (lə·him·mōl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy

like us—
כָמֹ֔נוּ (ḵā·mō·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 3644: Like, as, when

every one of
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

your males.
זָכָֽר׃ (zā·ḵār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male


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