Genesis 34:22 - Plain English Version

²² But first, there is one thing that we have to do. All of us men and boys in our mob, we have to have a young man operation, just like Jacob and his family. If we do that, then Jacob and his sons will agree to live with us, and their mob will join together with our mob, and we will become one tribe.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² But the men will consent to our request that they live among us and be one people only on condition that every male among us be circumcised, as they are.

American Standard Version (1901)

²² 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.

Common English Bible

²² But the men will agree to live with us and become one people only if we circumcise every male just as they do.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation.

Genesis 34:22 Referencias Cruzadas

Genesis 34:21

“You know, that man Jacob and his sons, they are friendly to us. So let them live here in our land, and let them buy things and sell things here. Our land is big, and there is plenty of room for them. Our men can marry their women, and their men can marry our women.

Genesis 34:23

Then all their animals will belong to us, and everything else that they own, it will belong to us too. We just have to agree to do what they say. We have to have that young man operation. Then they will live here with us.”

Genesis 17:10

This is what you have to do to show that we made this agreement together. You and every man in your camp has to have the young man operation. And all the men born into your family later on will have to have it too.