“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.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Genesis 34 contains 31 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.