Genesis 34:15
But on this condition only will we come to an agreement with you: if every male among you becomes like us and undergoes circumcision;
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- Gal 4:12 : 12 My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;
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- Gen 34:21-244 verses92%
21It is the desire of these men to be at peace with us; let them then go on living in this country and doing trade here, for the country is wide open before them; let us take their daughters as wives and let us give them our daughters.
22But these men will make an agreement with us to go on living with us and to become one people, only on the condition that every male among us undergoes circumcision as they have done.
23Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.
24Then all the men of the town gave ear to the words of Hamor and Shechem his son; and every male in the town underwent circumcision.
- Gen 34:16-183 verses88%
16Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.
17But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go.
18And their words were pleasing to Hamor and his son Shechem.
- Gen 34:8-147 verses79%
8But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?
9And let our two peoples be joined together; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
10Go on living with us, and the country will be open to you; do trade and get property there.
11And Shechem said to her father and her brothers, If you will give ear to my request, whatever you say I will give to you.
12However great you make the bride-price and payment, I will give it; only let me have the girl for my wife.
13But the sons of Jacob gave a false answer to Shechem and Hamor his father, because of what had been done to Dinah their sister.
14And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:
- Gen 17:10-145 verses74%
10And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.
11In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.
12Every male among you, from one generation to another, is to undergo circumcision when he is eight days old, with every servant whose birth takes place in your house, or for whom you gave money to someone of another country, and not of your seed.
13He who comes to birth in your house and he who is made yours for a price, all are to undergo circumcision; so that my agreement may be marked in your flesh, an agreement for all time.
14And any male who does not undergo circumcision will be cut off from his people: my agreement has been broken by him.
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23And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.
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16Let your circumcision be of the heart, and put away your pride.
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14And the men said to her, Our life for yours if you keep our business secret; and when the Lord has given us the land, we will keep faith and be kind to you.
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20This is what we will do to them: we will not put them to death, for fear that wrath may come on us because of our oath to them.
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17And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,
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30And that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the lands, or take their daughters for our sons;
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48And if a man from another country is living with you, and has a desire to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all the males of his family undergo circumcision, and then let him come near and keep it; for he will then be as one of your people; but no one without circumcision may keep it.
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7What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.
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5All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.
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1Now certain men came down from Judaea, teaching the brothers and saying that without circumcision, after the rule of Moses, there is no salvation.
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31But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?
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11So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us.
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3And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.
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10Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.