Genesis 34:22

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Only on this condition will the men agree to live with us and become one people: every male among us must be circumcised, just as they are.

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  • Gen 34:14-18
    5 verses
    92%

    14They said to them, "We cannot do this thing—to give our sister to a man who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.

    15However, we will agree to you on one condition: if you become like us by every male among you being circumcised.

    16Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves; we will dwell among you and become one people.

    17But if you will not listen to us and get circumcised, we will take our daughter and leave.

    18Their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor’s son.

  • Gen 34:23-24
    2 verses
    85%

    23Won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours? Only let us agree to them, and they will dwell with us."

    24All who went out of the gate of the city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised—all who went out of the gate of the city.

  • Gen 34:20-21
    2 verses
    82%

    20Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying:

    21"These men are at peace with us. Let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for the land is spacious enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.

  • Gen 34:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9Make marriages with us: give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves.

    10You can dwell with us, and the land will be open to you: live, trade in it, and acquire property here.

  • Gen 17:10-14
    5 verses
    73%

    10This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

    11You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it will be the sign of the covenant between Me and you.

    12Every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, both those born in your household and those bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.

    13Every male born in your household or bought with your money must be circumcised. Thus, My covenant will be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.

    14But any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

  • Gen 17:23-24
    2 verses
    72%

    23On that very day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and circumcised them, as God had told him.

    24Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

  • Exod 12:48
    72%

    48If an alien resides among you and wants to observe the LORD's Passover, every male in his household must be circumcised, and then he may come near to observe it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it.

  • Josh 2:14
    72%

    14The men said to her, "Our lives for your lives! If you don't tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the LORD gives us the land."

  • Exod 1:10
    72%

    10Come, let us deal shrewdly with them; otherwise, they will multiply further, and in the event of war, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country."

  • Josh 5:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4This is why Joshua circumcised them: All the men who came out of Egypt—all the warriors—had died in the wilderness on the way after leaving Egypt.

    5All those who came out had been circumcised, but those born in the wilderness during the journey from Egypt had not been.

  • Josh 9:20
    71%

    20This is what we will do to them: We will let them live so that no wrath will fall on us for breaking the oath we swore to them.

  • Gen 17:27
    71%

    27And all the men of his household, whether born in his house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

  • Neh 10:30
    71%

    30joined together with their relatives and nobles, committing themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God, given through Moses, the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord.

  • Josh 9:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6They went to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel: “We have come from a distant land; now make a treaty with us.”

    7But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living among us. How then can we make a treaty with you?”

  • Deut 10:16
    70%

    16Therefore, circumcise the foreskin of your hearts and do not be stiff-necked any longer.

  • Judg 21:7
    70%

    7'What can we do for the survivors to provide wives, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters?'

  • Num 32:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16Then they approached him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our children.

    17But we will arm ourselves quickly and go before the Israelites until we bring them to their place. Meanwhile our children will stay in fortified cities, safe from the inhabitants of the land.

  • Judg 21:22
    70%

    22'When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, "Do us a favor by allowing them to have these wives, for we did not obtain wives for them during the battle. And you did not give your daughters to them, so you are not guilty of breaking your oath."'

  • Josh 9:11
    70%

    11So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Tell them: We are your servants; now make a treaty with us.’

  • Gen 26:28
    69%

    28They replied, "We have clearly seen that the LORD has been with you. So we said, 'There should now be an oath between us and you; let us make a covenant with you.'"