This is my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you, which you are to keep: every one of your males must be circumcised.
Genesis 34:22 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But the men will agree to live with us and be one people only on this condition: if all our men are circumcised as they are. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 There is one thing that prevents so great a good: whether we will circumcise our males, imitating the ritual of their nation. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version One thing there is for which so great a good is deferred: We must circumcise every male among us, following the manner of the nation. |
This is my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you, which you are to keep: every one of your males must be circumcised.
‘These men are peaceful towards us,’ they said. ‘Let them live in our land and move about in it, for indeed, the region is large enough for them. Let’s take their daughters as our wives and give our daughters to them.
Won’t their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let’s agree with them, and they will live with us.’